Watch the INTRO to GENETICS video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Watch the WHAT is GENETICS? video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Make sure and write an explanation for the two question above.

Watch the What is DNA? video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Watch the WHAT do CHROMOSOMES ACTUALLY do? video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Add this information somewhere on your page:

Chromosomes ensure that DNA is accurately copied and distributed during cell division.

Add this information next to Patrick above: To inherit is to receive something from

someone who came before you. You can inherit objects, but you can

also inherit traits. A trait is a genetically determined characteristic.

Your DNA determines the traits you inherit from your parents, you can inherit their eye color, hair color, or even their nose shape!

Watch the Khan Academy Heredity video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Add this information next to Gary above: A Punnett Square is a special tool used

to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents.

Watch the INTRO to PUNNETT SQUARES video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Don’t forget to write a short paragraph at the top of this page explaining Punnett Squares!!!

The Punnett Squares homework is also attached to this blog post if you need it.

Add this information next to Squidward: No, not all living things have 2 parents. It is rare, but some animals like the Komodo Dragon have the

ability to reproduce with only one parent.

Watch the KOMODO DRAGONS video. It is attached to this blog post. Answer the questions in your booklet that go with this video

Also, read the Komodo Dragons INFO attached below to help you fill in the information you know about Komodo Dragons in the booklet.

Watch the Brain Pop video. It is attached to this blog post. Take the quiz and write your answers in this booklet. Don’t forget to define the words at the top of this page.

Add the following information somewhere on your page:

Only 1 “parent” is required in ASEXUAL reproduction.

Sexual reproduction requires TWO parents and is the joining of an egg and sperm.

Watch the TRAITS SONG video. It is attached to this blog post. Write THREE FACTS from the song on this page.

The quiz is attached below just in case you didn’t get it in class. Do your best and don’t forget to answer the two essay questions!