Download Year 11 Science : GENETICS SLOs

Year 11 Science : GENETICS Student Learning Objectives
Lesson 1: Introduction to Genetics and DNA Structure
Students should be able to:
•Describe the structure of DNA as a double helix that has complementary
strands which are anti-parallel
Lesson 6: Inheritance – Continuous vs Discontinuous variation
Students should be able to:
•Explain the difference between continuous and discrete variation
•Explain what inheritance is in terms of genetics
•Describe the building block of DNA as a nucleotide and state the three
Lesson 7: Terminology of Inheritance
Students should be able to:
•Explain the importance of DNA to a living organism
allele, gamete, zygote, gene
components of a nucleotide
Lesson 2: The relationship between DNA, genes, alleles and proteins
Students should be able to:
•Define the following terms; genotype, phenotype, recessive, dominant,
•Explain how the process of sexual reproduction and fertilisation add to
variation
•Define the following terms: gene, allele, chromosome, homologous pair,
Lesson 8: Sex Determination and Introduction to Punnet Square Diagrams
Students should be able to:
•Explain the relationship that links the above terms in a cell
•Give the sex-chromosome arrangements for males and females
•Explain how it is that the male determines the zygotes sex
•Carry out a punnet square to show how sex is determined
diploid pair, autosome, sex-chromosome
Lesson 3: Karyotypes
Students should be able to:
•Describe what a Karyotype is
•Construct a Karyotype given prepared pictures of chromosomes
•Explain the use of a Karyotype in identifying genetic disorders
Lesson 9: Practising Punnet Squares and Pedigree Diagrams
Students should be able to:
Lesson 4: DNA Replication and mitosis
Students will be able to:
phenotype
•Describe the process of DNA replication
•Explain why DNA replication occurs
•Describe where mitosis occurs in plant and animal cells
•Explain the purpose of mitosis
•Describe how many daughter cells are produced from mitosis
Lesson 5: Meiosis
Students should be able to:
•Describe where meiosis occurs in plant and animal cells
•Explain the purpose of meiosis
•Describe how many daughter cells are produced from meiosis
•Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis
•Use a punnet square to calculate ratios of simple monohybrid crosses
•Perform a test cross to determine the genotype of an unknown
•Interpret simple pedigree diagrams
Lesson 10: Cloning
Students should be able to:
•Describe the somatic cell nuclear transfer process of cloning
•Explain how cloning is a form of asexual reproduction
•Argue for and against the cloning process focussing on an ethical basis
Lesson 11/12: Application of Genetics
Students should be able to:
•Research and gather information regarding the following genetic
applications: artificial breeding of animals and plants, genetic fingerprinting, genetic engineering, tissue culturing/cloning.