This was my first session with Nepris, that covered basics of Genetics, Mendel’s Experiments, complex patterns of inheritance, interaction of genes with the environment, and Acquired and Inherited Traits. I related these topics to real life so students could understand the importance of these topics in their personal lives as well as in possible future career endeavors.
The following are the objectives for the two week unit on genetic and heredity:
- Describe the results of Mendel’s experiment
- Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits
- Define probability and describe how it helps explain the results of genetic crosses
- Explain the relationship between genotype and phenotype/heterozygous and homozygous
- Describe complex patterns of inheritance (incomplete/co-dominance/multiple alleles/polygenic)
- Describe how genes interact with the environment
- Distinguish between acquired and inherited traits
- Explain why chromosomes in body cells exist in pairs
Key Questions
- What is your job title and description?
- What are your job duties?
- How do genetics and heredity relate to your field? Do you use this information on a daily basis?
- What are the most interesting things about your career?
Expected Outcomes
This tends to be a lesson in which the students are highly engaged. Along with gaining a deeper understanding of the material, I would like for them to understand the importance of these topics in their personal lives as well as in possible future career endeavors. Generally, students only relate these topics to the broad medical field including doctors and nurses. It would be great for them to understand that genetics is involved in a diverse set of careers.
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