Blame My Family Amanda Ferland May 4, 2010 1A. Ferland Daemen College, 2008.

Blame My Family

Amanda FerlandMay 4, 2010

1A. Ferland Daemen College, 2008

District and School

• Kenmore Middle- 8th Grade

• Kenton School District

• Mr. Bob Proehl


Grade Level/Ability of Students• This lesson was taught to 8th Graders at KMS.• This assignment was given to all five classes of

my Eighth Grade, 117 students total. • Projects were chosen from just one class

however to make it less complicated.• No students with disabilities or learning disabilities• Age range: 12-14 years


Time Frame

• “Blame My Family” was completed in two 43 minute periods and one 21 minute period.


Purpose

• The purpose of this learning experience is to teach the students how to read pedigrees and determine which members of a family possess a certain trait. The students will then be able to draw pedigrees using their own families or a family they choose to create, and analyze traits within their families.


Focus Question(s)

• What is a pedigree?

• What can be shown on a pedigree?

• How do you know if a family member has a trait?


Objectives

• The student will be able to interpret a pedigree and draw their own family pedigree.

• The student will be able to determine their traits by crossing their parents’ traits.


Essential Question(s)

• What makes me part of my family?

• What things do family members share?

• How are we all similar?


Enduring Understanding

• Pedigrees are used for tracing traits through several generations of a family. They can specifically be used during a genetic counseling session to trace a

disease through a family.


Students’ Tasks

• The students complete questions on the sample pedigree= Pre-test.

• The students will be given a list of traits on the overhead and must determine which of the traits they possess.

• Students work on completing 9 Punnett Squares to show their possible genotypes.

• The students will draw out three generations of their family.

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New York State Core Curriculum or Standards

• Standard: Standard 4- Science (The Living Environment)

• Key Idea: 2-Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result I continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.

• Performance Indicator: 2.2 Describe simple mechanisms related to the inheritance of some physical traits in offspring.


Assessments

• There was a pre-test for this chapter that included 10 questions.– Students switched papers and corrected

them.

• The 3 parts of the pedigree project will be scored using the 4 Point Pedigree Rubric– The rubric is gone over with the students as

well as a checklist so they know what to include.


Assessment Cont.

• The rubric includes the following criteria:– Correct heading– Labeled family members– Traits are clearly identified for each member– A key is included– Trait list is completed– Punnett Squares are completed– Mechanics


Teacher Exemplar


Developing Student Work


Proficient Student Work


Distinguished Student Work


Student Work Cont.

• Developing Student =SCORE: 65%

• Proficient Student =SCORE: 83%

• Distinguished Student =SCORE: 100%


Modification Table

Modification Type: Specific Modification

Rationale Benefits

Environmental/Management

Constantly circulating around the room.

Teacher is able to check to make sure students stay on task and can answer any questions that arise.

Helps the students stay on task and minimize side conversations.

Allows for less mistakes and less disruptions by students shouting out to the teacher.


Reflections

• Thank you to my group for both warm and cool comments. I appreciate them all.

• It was nice having four more pairs of eyes reading my LE because it was overwhelming after a while and I couldn’t have done it without my group. They caught

errors in spelling, grammar, and areas that needed further explanations.


Blame My Family Amanda Ferland May 4, 2010 1A. Ferland Daemen College, 2008.

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