Mrs. Owens -Physcial Science
Team Kootenai
2021-2022
8th grade
Today students had time to finish the sheet we started yesterday. Next, students did a discover activity and read pages 92-96 in the textbook. Last, they watched a video on mutations in animals as well as humans.
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Today we went over the sheet we did yesterday to address any questions. Today we did another sheet to assess the understanding of genetics concepts we have learned. The sheet is attached below. We will have a little bit of time to work on it at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Today students went over questions that we answered yesterday. Next, students completed a sheet to assess their understanding of genetics so far. The sheet is attached.
Today students watched a short video on the three types of dominance in genetics. Next we went over an example to help with the worksheet that was assigned. Last, students answered questions on P.89 (1a,c, 2,a,b,c). The worksheet and questions are attached below.
Today students watched a short video on Mendel and genetics. Then students took notes on how to use a Punnett Square. The notes are attached below.
Today students will do a height skills lab and discuss how height is inherited. Next, we will watch the Bill Nye video on genetics. Have a great Thanksgiving! Today students are decoding a message to build a certain animal out of play-doh while working with their group. Decoding this message is simulating what our cells do with DNA and the proteins they code for.
Today students did a Strawberry DNA lab today. They also answered the questions:
1. Where can DNA be found in the cell? 2. What are the four nitrogen bases that make up DNA? 3. One section of a strand of DNA has the base sequence AGATTC. What is the base sequence of the other strand? Today students read pages 110-116 on Human Inheritance in the textbook. Next, students completed a crossword puzzle on the genetics key terms (attached below). Last, if students had time they measured their height in inches.
Today students are using strands of nitrogen bases and their sequence to decode traits in a dog.
The questions at the end of the lab are: 1. Write the definitions of DNA, gene, and trait. 2. Does your dog have the same 8 traits as any other dog in class? If not, why do you think no two dogs are the same? 3. What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype? |
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