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AP Biology Unit 3 – Cell Division and Genetics
“How is nuclear information passed on from one generation to the next?”
Capacity Matrix
2009 Fall Semester
Approximate Timeline: 15 – 20 class periods
Track your progress. Turn in the matrix at the end of the unit.
Evidence
Learner Target
Activity
Outline the stages of the cell cycle
including interphase (G1, S, G2, G0),
mitosis and cytokinesis
State that cancer is the direct result of
the loss of control of the cell cycle
Describe the events in the four
phases of mitosis
Outline the phases of meiosis and
explain that meiosis is a reduction
division
Compare and contrast mitosis and
meiosis ( reasons, type of cells,
number of cells produced, differences
in division cycle)
Explain that non-disjunction in
meiosis can lead to chromosomal
disorders (Downs syndrome, Turner
Syndrome)
Explain how karyotyping is used to
predict and identify chromosomal
abnormalities and gender
Draw and label the structure of a
eukaryotic chromosome
Predict phenotype and genotype of a
monohybrid cross using a Punnett
Square ( simple dominance)
Explain the contributions of Gregor
Mendel to the field of genetics,
including Mendel’s laws
Predict offspring ratios in dihybrid
crosses, sex linked traits, incomplete
dominance and codominance
Explain how pedigrees can be used
to track human genetic disorders
Explain inheritance patterns in polygenes
Explain gene linkage and provide an
example, predicting recombinant
ratios
Explain how changes or mutations in
genes can lead to genetic disorders
in humans
Cell Cycle diagram
Cell Cycle game: nobelprize.org
Cancer Reading
Cyclins and CDK’s discussion
Lab – microscope examination of
mitosis slides
Lab – how long in each phase
calculations
Lab – pop beads
Lab – whitefish blastula slides
Quiz
Lab drawings
Lab drawings
Venn Diagram
Quiz 2
Research and Symposium on
Chromosomal Disorders
Research and
presentation
Lab - karyotyping
Drawings and pipe cleaner model
Sponge Bob Scenarios
Quiz 3
Pea experiment cartoons reading
Mendel Children’s Book
Children’s Book
Sponge Bob Scenarios
Blood Typing Genetics
(codominance)
Sex linked disorders (hemophilia and
color blindness)
Quiz 4
Brown – Flight pedigree and others
Hemophilia pedigree
Skin color inheritance
Henry Morgan contribution
Crossover distances
Recessive and dominant disorders –
cystic fibrosis, achondroplasia, sickle
cell anemia
Writing Prompt
Level
Reached
1 2 3 4
Explain how new technologies can be
used to study possible genetic
defects
Cumulative assessment of all learner
targets
Cumulative assessment of all learner
targets
Ultrasound, Amniocentesis and
chorionic villi sampling
I understood the learner targets in
this unit:
Very well and
can teach them
to others
Independent Project on learner
target selection
Review
Fairly well. I
think I need to
just practice on
my own more.
Unit Test
I need help on:
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