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=What's in Your Genes?=

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 * Teacher**: Ms. Kathleen Kelley
 * Office**:
 * Office Phone:** 207-479-5593
 * Office Hours:** Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m.- 11 a.m.
 * E-mail:** kathleen.kelley@maine.edu

This unit will cover the basics of genetics and heredity such as what DNA is how it creates genes, and how it is passed on from one generation to another. Students will analyze how DNA and cell differentiation contribute to the growth and functioning of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms. They will reflect on their own genes and heredity, and how the DNA of their parents and grandparents has had an effect on their genotypic and phenotypic outcome. How mutagens affect DNA and how they‘re visible in the human body will also be understood. At the end of this unit, sufficient answers to the following questions should be given: what is DNA and how does it affect your genetic makeup? How does DNA control the differentiation of cells? How does the sorting and recombination of DNA affect heredity? There will be an end of the unit performance task that will require students to harness all knowledge of genetics and heredity learned in this unit to create a sneak preview of a new children's show based on a genetic disorders. This will be done by using either iMovie or GarageBand.
 * Basic Summary:**

E. The Living Environment E4 Genetics and Heredity Grades 9-Diploma** Students examine the role of DNA in transferring traits from generation to generation in differentiating cells and in evolving new species. b: Describe genes as segments of DNA that contain instructions for the cells and include information that leads to the differentiation of cells.
 * Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology

Students will understand that: (U)
•DNA controls the differentiation of cells. •DNA codes for different genes which makeup the human genome. •the sorting and recombination of DNA effects heredity.

Essential Questions: (Q)
•How does DNA control the differentiation of cells? •What is DNA and how does it affect your genetic makeup? •How does the sorting and recombination of DNA nucleotides affect the heredity of an individual?

//Students will know: (K)//
•Terminology: genotype, genome, karyotype, mutation, recessive, dominant, gene, codon, cistron, amino acid, nucleotide, chromosomes, insertions, deletions, gene expressions, phenotype, punnet square, zygote, gamete, mitosis, meiosis. •Critical Details: Mendelian genetics, DNA replication, RNA, genes, chromosomes. •Relationships between DNA and gene formation, cell differentiation in the human body, genes and the formation of chromosomes.

**//Students will be able to: (S)//**
•b: Describe genes as segments of DNA that contain instructions for the cells and include information that leads to the differentiation of cells. •Make sense of how the differentiation of cells contributes to the creation of systems within the human body. •Use their current knowledge of Mendelian genetics to predict the genotype of a monohybrid cross. •Analyze how nucleotides form codons, genes, and chromosomes. •Consider the role genetics and mutagens play in the development of diseases. •Reflect on how resistance in bacteria is affected by the makeup of DNA.

You are an up and coming scientist who has been presented with the opportunity to host a children’s show for Discovery Channel Kids. This new show will film many different volumes, each pertaining to different areas of science. In order to determine if you are the right host for them, the producers have decided that each contestant will create a five or six minute sneak preview show based on a specific genetic disorder. The sneak peek needs to include what the disease is, how it is diagnosed, whether or not it is hereditary, how it affects your genotype and phenotype, and whether or not there are any treatments. In order to be selected as the future host of this new children’s series, you will need to win over the hearts and minds of both the producers and the elementary students who will be viewing your show. Remember, this show is designed for children between the ages of ten and fifteen, so keep it fun and interesting! If selected as the winner, the producers will fly you out to their headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland, and then on to L.A. to begin filming your show.

Expectations
Participation is critical to your learning and success in the classroom. During class discussions and group work, you are expected to be involved and contribute as an active member of the class. While attendance does not directly affect your grade, I do expect you to be in class every day. If you need to miss a class due to illness, be sure to see me for notes and any activities that you have missed. Being absent does not dismiss you from completing the worksheets and projects done in the missed class.

Assignments are expected to be turned in on time, unless arrangements have been made in advance. I will give you the opportunity to revise and refine products and class work, but they must be complete and turned in on time. You may have the opportunity to redo some assignments, if they are turned in on time and will be due one week after being returned to you. All assigned work that will be collected must be typed on a word processor using Times font, 12 points, free of typographical, spelling and grammatical errors. Please keep a copy of all work submitted, until the final grade of the course has been determined. With electronic assignments, feel free to be creative, but make sure that the font used in size 12 and legible.

Benchmarks
Below is the point value for each assessment and your grade will be based on the percent of points earned from the total points of 320.

At the beginning of the semester, students will be asked to write a paper about plagiarism. This paper will need to contain an accurate definition of the term, and should provide a few examples of how work should be cited. They will conclude the paper describing to the teacher why plagiarizing others work is bad. Paper should be signed and dated by the student.
 * Plagiarism Paper- (20 Points)**

You must be present and actively engaged in all aspects of the course. You also need to be prepared and a contributing member during class discussions and group work.
 * Attendance and Participation - (60 points**)

1. Using iMovie or Comic life, create a sequential display in a medium of your choice to show the creation of codons into genes and chromosomes. 2. Explore genetics using an online simulation to show how certain traits are inherited from parent genes into future generations. As a class, discuss how the genotype and phenotype changes throughout the duration of the simulation and how it applies to you. 3. Create a poem, song, or music video that addresses cell differentiation and the human body. 4. Create an in class iMovie showing how resistance in bacteria is affected by the makeup of DNA.
 * Products (4) - (120 points total)**

Using simulations, investigate monohybrid crosses, punnet squares, genes and heredity within your family.
 * Lab (1) - (30 points)**

WebQuest Assignment - (60 points) You are an up and coming scientist who has been presented with the opportunity to host a children’s show for Discovery Channel Kids. This new show will film many different volumes, each pertaining to different areas of science. In order to determine if you are the right host for them, the producers have decided that each contestant will create a five or six minute sneak preview show based on a specific genetic disorder. The sneak peek needs to include what the disease is, how it is diagnosed, whether or not it is hereditary, how it affects your genotype and phenotype, and whether or not there are any treatments. In order to be selected as the future host of this new children’s series, you will need to win over the hearts and minds of both the producers and the elementary students who will be viewing your show. Remember, this show is designed for children between the ages of ten and fifteen, so keep it fun and interesting! If selected as the winner, the producers will fly you out to their headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland, and then on to L.A. to begin filming your show.

A (93 -100), A- (90 - 92), B+ (87 - 89), B (83 - 86), B- (80 - 82), C+(77 - 79), C (73-76), C- (70 - 72), D+(67 - 69), D (63 - 66), D- (60 - 62), F (0 - 59).
 * Grading Scale**

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