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Teacher: Kolleen Kopchak
Grade 9-12
HQT Lesson 3 Science
Learning Goal / Target: Students will be able to identify and apply knowledge of heredity and genetic.
Standards: General Standards: Biology Science grades 9-12, – Genetic mechanisms and inheritance.
Science Extended Standard: - Heredity
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the biological information that directs the formation and maintenance
of all living things.
The sorting and recombination of genes in sexual reproduction and meiosis specifically result in a
variance of traits in offspring.
Classical and modern genetic mechanisms including incomplete dominance, sex-linked traits and
dihybrid crosses.
BIO.912.1a Identify that different different DNA.
BIO.912.2a Identify DNA as a code for traits (e.g., eye color, hair color).
BIO.912.3a Complete a partially filled dihybrid cross. inherited from a parent (personal connection).
BIO.912.2b Match a picture of a DNA structure to the term DNA.
BIO.912.3b Recognize that genes combine during sexual reproduction. inherited from a parent
personal connection).
BIO.912.2b Match a picture of a DNA structure to the term DNA.
BIO.912.3b Recognize that genes combine during sexual reproduction.
Lesson # 3: Chapter 9 – Fundamentals of Genetics
• Students will define the selected new vocabulary write the text definition and then write it in
their own words.
• The students will be assigned elbow partners and a chapter section (sect 9.1, 9.2) and share a
summary of the section and their new vocabulary terms to the rest of the class.
o They have the option to use multimedia resources.
 This allows them to work on collaborative and communication skills with others.
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Will discuss dominant and recessive gene traits.
 Activity: Students will identify each other’s dominant gene trait by recording tem
on a worksheet. The class total will be displayed on the whiteboard.
o Student questions will be addressed they may have after reading the section checking
for clarification. Ensuring when the students share their section to the class they will
have to answers their peers’ questions.
Materials / Resources:
• Modern Biology Textbook
• Pencils, paper, etc.
Teacher: Kolleen Kopchak
Grade 9-12
HQT Lesson 3 Science
Vocabulary:
Heredity, traits, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype, probability, homozygous, heterozygous,
punnett square
Response Modes: I do not have students that require response modes as all my students are mild to
moderate SLD identifications. However, if I did, I would education myself more on what to look for and
develop each level (Pre, Emerging, and Symbolic). I would also collaborate with their previous teachers
to know what to watch for as a response.
What worked and Why?
The students really liked the activity to identify the dominant traits of their classmate. This lead to
them taking the lesson home and identify their dominant trait there.
What did you learn from the lesson?
Making sure time frames and directions were to be specific and easy to follow. Most of the students
wanted to follow my template on how to present the information.
What would I change and why? / For Future lessons?
I would lead with the activity to gain their interest and then teach the new vocabulary to them while
they wrote the text definition and as a class came up with a class definition.