Science Classroom Connection

We will discuss and elaborate upon the process of the possible production of offspring based upon their parental characteristics as well as we will discuss the various concepts connected with this process such as Punnett square, dominant, recessive, phenotype, genotype, homozygous, heterozygous, phenotypic ratio, and genotypic ratio among several other concepts and ideas that have been put forth through modern genetics.

Students will have an opportunity to complete their classwork on Mendel’s legacy through a series of analytical questions that are based upon our class discussion as well as Mendel’s findings and conclusions. In the remaining time, students will expand upon the objectives of genetic crosses of Section 9.2 based upon their reading comprehension as we will discuss and elaborate upon these objectives through examples and problem-solving situations in the coming days.

We will discuss and reinforce the work of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, in terms of the work that he had done on the characterisitics of pea plants as well as elaborate upon his findings and conclusions.

As students undertake the study of heredity, they will define the first six of the thiry terms, construct a meaningful sentence upon each, and give an example of each where it’s applicable.