Description
Mendelian Genetics for middle school or high school students!
This is a Punnett Square lesson with scaffolds and example problems. The process is taught in 5 steps, giving students a specific strategy for using Punnett squares.
ELLs and SWDs will benefit from the scaffolding materials as each step in the corresponds to a category on the student friendly rubric.
This lesson assumes basic familiarity with genetics content vocabulary and the ability to convert fractions into percent. Introduction questions and deeper discussion questions allow the teacher to assess students where they are.
There is a PDF version as well as an editable power point.
The components of this lesson are found in a ZIP file:
1. Vocabulary tracker for student use
2. Teacher guided mini-lesson utilizing 5-step strategy
3. Summary of Punnett Squares
4. Extension problem example (using percents)
5. Scaffolding Tools
6. Punnett square example problems
7. Answers / rubric
8. Extension problems
9. Student copy of multiple choice / free response quiz (WizardTM)
10. Teacher copy of quiz with answer key
Tip: Tape a copy of the rubric to the desk of a SWD or ELL and encourage them to use every step as outlined in the lesson. Check each step before allowing them to move on to the next one.
All Make Kids Smart lessons materials are created using Universal Design for Learning principles to accommodate individual learning differences.
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Description
Mendelian Genetics for middle school or high school students!
This is a Punnett Square lesson with scaffolds and example problems. The process is taught in 5 steps, giving students a specific strategy for using Punnett squares.
ELLs and SWDs will benefit from the scaffolding materials as each step in the corresponds to a category on the student friendly rubric.
This lesson assumes basic familiarity with genetics content vocabulary and the ability to convert fractions into percent. Introduction questions and deeper discussion questions allow the teacher to assess students where they are.
There is a PDF version as well as an editable power point.
The components of this lesson are found in a ZIP file:
1. Vocabulary tracker for student use
2. Teacher guided mini-lesson utilizing 5-step strategy
3. Summary of Punnett Squares
4. Extension problem example (using percents)
5. Scaffolding Tools
6. Punnett square example problems
7. Answers / rubric
8. Extension problems
9. Student copy of multiple choice / free response quiz (WizardTM)
10. Teacher copy of quiz with answer key
Tip: Tape a copy of the rubric to the desk of a SWD or ELL and encourage them to use every step as outlined in the lesson. Check each step before allowing them to move on to the next one.
All Make Kids Smart lessons materials are created using Universal Design for Learning principles to accommodate individual learning differences.
