1. EQ: Why do we look / behave/ act the way that we do? 3/21/2016 Starter: 197 198 Probability lab Probability Lab Practice/Application: Glue Practice here 3/21/2016 Connection/exit: Lab 1. Which of the following could be a trait of a pine tree? a.furryc.pink flowers b.flat needlesd.red apples 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a phenotype of a giraffe? a.brown spotsc.long neck b.thin legsd.nucleus

2. March 21, 2016 AGENDA 7.14 Organisms and environments. The student knows that reproduction is a characteristic of living organisms and that the instructions for traits are governed in the genetic material. The student is expected to: 7.14 A Define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation. 1. Starter 2. Coin Lab 3. Exit

3. Table of Contents Date Lecture/ Activity/ Lab Page 3/7 Quiz and Vocabulary 187-188 3/8 Introduction to genetics 189-190 3/9 Chromosome Activity 191-192 3/10 Heredity Notes and Activity 193-196 3/21 Probability lab 197-198

4. 1. Which of the following could be a trait of a pine tree? a.furryc.pink flowers b.flat needlesd.red apples 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a phenotype of a giraffe? a.brown spotsc.long neck b.thin legsd.nucleus

5. Practice Seth’s baby mouse had babies. Five of the babies were black and two were white. The father mouse was black. The mother mouse was white. Seth and his friends wondered why the baby mice were different colors. These were their ideas: Jerome: Baby mice inherit more traits from their fathers than their mothers. Alex: The baby mice got half their traits from their father and half from their mother. Jules: Male traits are stronger than female traits. Seth: Black mice have more traits than white mice. Freddy: The black baby mice are male and the white baby mice are female. Lorne: Parent’s traits like fur color don’t matter— nature decides what something will look like. Billy: Blood type determines what traits a baby will have. Which friend do you most agree with and why? Explain your thinking.

6. EQ: Why do we look / behave/ act the way that we do? 3/21/2016 Starter: 197 198 Probability lab Probability Lab Practice/Application: Glue Practice here 3/21/2016 Connection/exit: Lab 1. Which of the following could be a trait of a pine tree? a.furryc.pink flowers b.flat needlesd.red apples 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a phenotype of a giraffe? a.brown spotsc.long neck b.thin legsd.nucleus