As of September 30, 2005, the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium
is no longer in operation.
Assessment
Because these activities build upon each other, it is beneficial to
continually assess your students' progress. One technique that helps you
discover what your students are thinking/learning is journal writing. Some
possible journal questions could be:
- Why do we have two copies of a gene for each trait? Where do these genes
come from?
- Which parent does your "child" look most like? Why?
- If your "child" is not showing some of the traits that you possess in your
phenotype, could these traits appear in their children or are they lost
forever? Explain.
- How much genetic material did your "child" get from each parent? (Describe
the amount and type of genetic material the child gets from each parent.) What
do you think would happen if the child did not receive the correct type and
amount of genetic material from each parent? Explain.
- What questions about genetic traits and/or disorders do you feel need
answering? How successful are scientists in answering these questions? What
might slow down or prevent scientists from answering your questions?
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