Complete each of the sections below. There are four parts to this lesson.
Objective:
1. Students will understand what heredity is.
2. Students will understand that Gregor Mendel is the Father of Genetics.
3. Students will observe Mendel's experiment with pea plants and how that lead him to the notion of heredity.
4. Studens will understand how the Mendelian Laws contribute to genetic diversity in offspring.
Part I. Understand Heredity
Heredity is the passing of traits from parent to offspring. The study of heredity is called genetics. You will watch a video clip providing more information on Heredity. The video is located in the top, left hand corner of the webpage within a big box called Heredity & Traits. Within this box is a video called "What is Heredity." Click on this video.
Part II. Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was a monk by trade who worked on pea plants proving information that something was being passed from parent to offspring. Take a look at Gregor Mendel's garden where he grew his pea plants Gregor Mendel's garden. Your job is to obtain more information about these experiments by using the interactive simulation Some Genes Are Dominant. Be sure to click on the "View" button to watch this video.
Part III. Mendel's Experiments
This is an interactive simulation in which you work along Gregor Mendel and predict the genetic traits of pea plants. Don't miss the hot buttons at the bottom of the interactive page that can move you from one section to the next. Mendel's experiments
Mendel came up with two laws that helped explain how offspring inherited a combination of genes from its mother and father. These lasw are called the Laws of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment. Use you ipad to look up information on the Internet and the picture found on your worksheet to identify where the two laws occur and explain what the laws are.
Congratulations you completed this lesson.
