Connecting DNA to Meiosis to Inheritence

By Matt and Evan

Teachable Unit Goals

– The Learning Goal: At the end of the session, what will the student know, be able to do? In what way will they be changed?

– The Activity: How will they learn? What is the learning activity and how is it implemented?

– Assessment: What will the evidence of learning be? How will both the teacher and the student know if they have achieved the learning goals?

Group Activity-Chromosome People

Compare and Contrast Activity

• Assign students into 4-7 groups depending on class size and assign a phase to each group to compare and contrasts between mitosis and meiosis using the previous two videos as examples

• Have students record results on white boards

• Different colors represent different alleles. One designated dominant, one recessive.

Group Activity Punnett squares with

Edible Alleles

Another Punnett Square Activity

• Using the polling site, assign students into groups, and have them work through different genetic problems and submit their answers.

Places to go from here

• These activities could then be funneled into working with pre-made pedigrees

• Designing their own pedigrees• Picking genetic disorders to explore

Teachable Unit Goals

– The Learning Goal: At the end of the session, what will the student know, be able to do? In what way will they be changed?

– The Activity: How will they learn? What is the learning activity and how is it implemented?

– Assessment: What will the evidence of learning be? How will both the teacher and the student know if they have achieved the learning goals?