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MOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DIVISION OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK SCHEDULE PACING GUIDE AT A GLANCE
2015-2016
Subject:
Genetics
Quarters
Objective #
1&3
4.0
Describe the process of meiosis and the cell cycle, including the hereditary
significance of each.
1&3
6.0
Describe occurrences and effects of sex linkage, autosomal linkage, crossover,
multiple alleles, and polygenes
1&3
3.0
Describe the significance of Mendel’s work to the development of the modern
science of genetics, including the laws of segregation and independent assortment,
Describe inheritance patterns based on gene interactions
1&3
1&3
5.0
5.1
5.2
8.0
4.1
6.0
1&3
7.0
8.0
11.0
1&3
7.0
8.0
11.0
1&3
Standards/Objectives
Predict patterns of heredity using pedigree analysis,
Identify incomplete dominance, codominance, and multiple allelism
Explain the structure of eukaryotic chromosomes, including transposons, introns,
and exons.
Compare spermatogenesis and oogenesis using charts.
Describe occurrences and effects of sex linkage, autosomal linkage, crossover,
multiple alleles, and polygenes
Describe the structure and function of DNA, including replication, translation, and
transcription,
Explain the structure of eukaryotic chromosomes, including transposons, introns,
and exons.
Describe the replication of DNA and RNA
viruses, including Lytic and lysogenic cycles, using
diagrams.
Describe the structure and function of DNA, including replication, translation, and
transcription,
Explain the structure of eukaryotic chromosomes, including transposons, introns,
and exons.
Describe the replication of DNA and RNA
viruses, including Lytic and lysogenic cycles, using
diagrams.
Apply the genetic code to predict amino acid sequence,
Define the role of RNA in protein synthesis
Describe methods cells use to regulate gene expression,
1&3
7.1
7.3
7.2
2&4
2.0
Describe factors such as radiation, chemicals,
and chance that cause mutations in populations.
2&4
2&4
2.1
9.0
2&4
9.1
9.0
Describing effects of genetic variability on adaptations
Differentiate among major areas in modern biotechnology, including plant, animal,
microbial, forensic, and marine.
Describe techniques used with recombinant DNA
Differentiate among major areas in modern biotechnology, including plant, animal,
microbial, forensic, and marine.
Describe techniques used with recombinant DNA
9.1
MOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DIVISION OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK SCHEDULE PACING GUIDE AT A GLANCE
2015-2016
Subject:
Genetics
Quarters
Objective #
2&4
9.0
Differentiate among major areas in modern biotechnology, including plant, animal,
microbial, forensic, and marine.
10.0
Explain the development and purpose of the Human Genome Project.
2&4
2&4
10.1
10.2
2&4
1.0
Standards/Objectives
Analyze results of the Human Genome Project to predict ethical, social, and legal
implications
Describe medical uses of gene therapy, including vaccines and tissue and antibody
engineering
Explain how the Hardy-Weinberg principle provides a baseline for recognizing
evolutionary changes in gene frequency due to genetic drift, gene flow, nonrandom
mating, mutation, and natural selection