October 28: Concept Map of Basic Genetics

MS LS 3.2.  Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

LT: I can create a model to describe the relationships between traits, chromosomes, genes, and DNA.

• Highlight key parts of Tour of Basic Genetics lesson
• Create concept map - Groups of 4
• Create a list from the concepts you and your team identified. Add additional information if you can.
• Read through the list of concepts. If you have over 15 terms reduce the number to reflect which are the most important.
• Write each concept on a post-it note and arrange them in a way that you think reflects the relationships between the concepts.
• Draw lines showing the relationships among the concepts.
• Label these connecting lines to more to show the connections among them.
• When you are done, take a picture and add it to your Tour of Basic Notes.
• Analyze the concept maps
• Visit two other groups’ maps and identify something your group did not include and something you have in common.
• Jot this on sticky notes and return to your map.
• Revise your map if necessary.
• Post maps in class.
• We will be adding to these maps throughout the unit.