1. Monday, August 18, 2014 Assignment: _Cornell Notes on Bill Nye: Flowers Topic: Plant reproduction Do: Explain the reproductive cycle of plants—focus on pollen. Level: Applying

2. Monday, August 18, 2014 Warm-up Question: What is a trait? Where do traits come from?

3. Reflection Question: How did Mendel alter the natural reproduction of the garden pea plants in his experiment? Hint: This is a text-dependent question- Look back on the Mendel article. Then apply what you learned from the video about pollen, “eggs” and seeds. Monday, August 18, 2014

4. Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Assignment: Cross –Pollinate Topic: Gregor Mendel’s experiments Do: Conduct a simulation of Mendel’s experiments & record data. Level: analyzing

5. Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Warm-up Question: List the parts of a flower. Circle the flower part that Mendel used to cross pea plants with different traits.

6. Reflection Question: Explain how cross- pollinating is different from self-pollinating. Tuesday, August 19, 2014

7. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Assignment: Mendel’s Experiments Topic: Dominant & Recessive traits Do: Conduct a simulation of Mendel’s experiments & record observations. Level: analyzing

8. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Warm Up Question: Who was Gregor Mendel and what did he do? answer in complete sentences.

9. Reflection Question : Explain how Mendel impacted the field of science. Wednesday, August 20,2014

10. Thursday, August 21, 2014 Assignment: Board Meeting – Mendel’s data Topic: Dominant & Recessive Traits Do: Analyze data from experiment to determine the nature of dominant & recessive genes. Level:Evaluating

11. Thursday, August 21, 2014 Warm up Question: What symbols are used to represent dominant genes? Recessive?

12. Reflection Question: Use evidence (ratios) from the experiments to explain how the appearance of dominant & recessive traits are determined in the offspring. Thursday, August 21, 2014

13. Friday, August 22, 2014 Assignment: Punnett Squares Topic: Dominant & recessive traits Do: Use a Punnett square to determine probability of outcomes of dominant & recessive genes Level: Applying

14. Warm up question: List the possible combinations of genes (represented by letters) from the Cross-Pollinate activity. Friday, August 22, 2014

15. Reflection Question: Explain the steps to follow to create a Punnett Square to show 2 parents with Tt genotype. Friday, August 22, 2014