Download lesson#2 Probability and Punnett squares 11.2

Unit # 6 Lesson # 2 Wed 1/11 Objective: Students will be able to explain how geneticists use the principles of probability State standard: 2c 2d, 3a, Students know how to predict possible combinations of alleles in a zygote from the genetic makeup of its parents Vocabulary: Homozygous: term used to refer to an organism that has 2 identical alleles for a particular trait Heterozygous: an organism with 2 different alleles for a particular trait Genotype: genetic makeup of an organism Phenotype: physical characteristics of an organism CFO (give the definition, ask ‘what am I?’ students answer on whiteboards Lecture: 11-­‐2 Probability and Punnett Squares Guided practice: Punnett squares worksheet Active Art: Punnett Squares cbp-­‐4112 (this might be too advanced : use in 11.3) ***Independent practice: Unit 6 pretest (Do at beginning of class)***** HW: HW packet pg 11 Read 11.3