Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectations
D1. Evaluate the importance of some recent contributions to our knowledge of genetic processes, and analyse social and ethical implications of genetic and genomic research.
D2. Investigate genetic processes, including those that occur during meiosis, and analyse data to solve basic genetics problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
D3. Demonstrate an understanding of concepts, processes, and technologies related to the transmission of hereditary characteristics.
D2. Investigate genetic processes, including those that occur during meiosis, and analyse data to solve basic genetics problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
D3. Demonstrate an understanding of concepts, processes, and technologies related to the transmission of hereditary characteristics.
Specific Expectations
D1.1 Analyse, on the basis of research, some of the social and ethical implications of research in genetics and genomics (e.g., genetic screening, gene therapy, in vitro fertilization) [IP, PR, AI, C]
D1.2 Evaluate, on the basis of research, the im- portance of some recent contributions to knowledge, techniques, and technologies related to genetic processes (e.g., research into the cystic fibrosis gene; the use of safflowers to produce insulin for human use) [IP, PR, AI, C]
D2.1 Use appropriate terminology related to gen- etic processes, including, but not limited to: haploid, diploid, spindle, synapsis, gamete, zygote, heterozygous, homozygous, allele, plasmid, trisomy, non-disjunction, and somatic cell [C]
D2.2 Investigate the process of meiosis, using a microscope or similar instrument, or a computer simulation, and draw biological diagrams to help explain the main phases in the process [PR, AI, C]
D2.3 Use the Punnett square method to solve basic genetics problems involving monohybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, codominance, dihybrid crosses, and sex-linked genes [PR, AI, C]
D2.4 Investigate, through laboratory inquiry or computer simulation, monohybrid and dihy- brid crosses, and use the Punnett square method and probability rules to analyse the qualitative and quantitative data and determine the parent genotype [PR, AI, C]
D3.1 Explain the phases in the process of meiosis in terms of cell division, the movement of chromosomes, and crossing over of genetic material
D3.2 Explain the concepts of DNA, genes, chromosomes, alleles, mitosis, and meiosis, and how they account for the transmission of her- editary characteristics according to Mendelian laws of inheritance
D3.3 Explain the concepts of genotype, pheno- type, dominance, incomplete dominance, codominance, recessiveness, and sex linkage ac- cording to Mendelian laws of inheritance
D3.4 Describe some genetic disorders caused by chromosomal abnormalities (e.g., non-disjunction of chromosomes during meiosis) or other genetic mutations in terms of chromosomes affected, physical effects, and treatments
D3.5 Describe some reproductive technologies (e.g., cloning, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, recombinant DNA), and explain how their use can increase the genetic diversity of a species (e.g., farm animals, crops)
D1.2 Evaluate, on the basis of research, the im- portance of some recent contributions to knowledge, techniques, and technologies related to genetic processes (e.g., research into the cystic fibrosis gene; the use of safflowers to produce insulin for human use) [IP, PR, AI, C]
D2.1 Use appropriate terminology related to gen- etic processes, including, but not limited to: haploid, diploid, spindle, synapsis, gamete, zygote, heterozygous, homozygous, allele, plasmid, trisomy, non-disjunction, and somatic cell [C]
D2.2 Investigate the process of meiosis, using a microscope or similar instrument, or a computer simulation, and draw biological diagrams to help explain the main phases in the process [PR, AI, C]
D2.3 Use the Punnett square method to solve basic genetics problems involving monohybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, codominance, dihybrid crosses, and sex-linked genes [PR, AI, C]
D2.4 Investigate, through laboratory inquiry or computer simulation, monohybrid and dihy- brid crosses, and use the Punnett square method and probability rules to analyse the qualitative and quantitative data and determine the parent genotype [PR, AI, C]
D3.1 Explain the phases in the process of meiosis in terms of cell division, the movement of chromosomes, and crossing over of genetic material
D3.2 Explain the concepts of DNA, genes, chromosomes, alleles, mitosis, and meiosis, and how they account for the transmission of her- editary characteristics according to Mendelian laws of inheritance
D3.3 Explain the concepts of genotype, pheno- type, dominance, incomplete dominance, codominance, recessiveness, and sex linkage ac- cording to Mendelian laws of inheritance
D3.4 Describe some genetic disorders caused by chromosomal abnormalities (e.g., non-disjunction of chromosomes during meiosis) or other genetic mutations in terms of chromosomes affected, physical effects, and treatments
D3.5 Describe some reproductive technologies (e.g., cloning, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, recombinant DNA), and explain how their use can increase the genetic diversity of a species (e.g., farm animals, crops)