Life ScienceUnit 1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of traits

Explain why you think some of these people are blue.

Why are some children normal and some are blue?

Bleeding Blue?The Fugate family of Troublesome Creek, Ky were afflicted with a genetically inherited, recessive condition, called methemoglobinemiaMethemoglobinemia prevents iron in the red blood cells from becoming oxygenated (which is what gives them a red color. This makes afflicted individuals look blue, purple or gray.This is a very rare condition, but showed up regularly within this family due to inbreeding.

Welcome!ItineraryNew Seats (Yay!)Bell WorkHeredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits introBuilding vocabulary

Mark your Agendas:ManipulatAIRS Lab reports were due YESTERDAY. Can be turned in late todayevery day they are late is 5% off.

By the end of today you should :Be familiar with the language of heredity or be able to access sources that enable you to learn unit vocabulary

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Heredity: What is it?Sometimes, Science has a language all of its own. With your NEW shoulder partner, I want you to write down what you *think* the definition might be for your word. If you have NO CLUE Be creative. You may come up with whatever appropriate definition you likeas long as you can explain it.

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Quizlet Guess and CheckRemember, we use quizlet to review terms and important things for this class. If you have a smart device, download the quizlet app to stay up-to-date!

As we go, we will see how close your selected definition was to the actual definition. We will be using these words in this class.

I take studying on quizlet into consideration when looking at grades, so be sure that you are signed in!QUIZLET UNIT 1

This bar timer, will start when anywhere on the slide is clicked. The bar will move from left to right and the word End will appear at the end, accompanied by a Deep Gong sound. It is possible to change the duration of this timer to any time, by entering the animation settings, and changing the timing for rectangle 3. Note the time has to be entered as a number of seconds so if you want 2mins & 30secs this is entered as 150 (60X2 + 30 = 150).

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The Standard: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.

YOUR TASK:Create a visual means of memorizing this standard.

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Newsela Lets talk about TRAITSI want you to be thinking about WHAT the article is about

I want you to wonder about WHY we are doing this.

I want you to think about the benefits and drawbacks to selecting traits in an organism

Exit SlipDo you think it is a good thing that we are able to modify livestock to adjust to a rising temperature, or do you think that we need to pay more attention to what is causing the rising temperature?

If you could design an animal, what kinds of things would you try to include?