6.1 - Mendel's Laws and Variations

Preview: 

 Intro to Genetics Discussion: 

COMPLETED IN CLASS ON (1/15)

If you completed the first part of the preview continue to the right for the final portion. If you were absent when the preview was given, complete the tasks below. 

1) Divide your unit guide (or simply record in notebook until you receive a unit guide) into three sections (horizontal lines).

2) In the first section, decide whether you think the human height trait is controlled more by nature (DNA) or nurture (environment).

3) Then, watch the video below and record a response then .... (see directions to the right) 

PART THREE (Homework) Due 1/15/26

In the final section of the 6.1 preview in the unit guide...

- Using either some basic research or background 

1) List and describe one (human) trait that is controlled fully by nature (DNA) 

and 

2) List and describe one (human) trait that is controlled fully (or close to) by nurture (environment) 

6.1  Lesson: 

Video Lesson #1: Mendelian Laws of Inheritance (Basics)

- Must be completed before class on 1/16/26

Video Lesson #2: "How to" - Dihybrid Crosses 

Video Lesson #3: Variations from Mendel 

Text Pages: 154-161- Due Tuesday 1/20

Pages 166-174 Due Friday 1/23

- Due 1/23

- Emphasis on Vocab and Headings (see PowerPoint for big ideas)

Textbook Lesson(s):

Vocab: genotype, phenotype, dominant, recessive, heredity, genetics, dominance, codominance, incomplete dominance, x-linked traits, polygenic traits, pleiotropy, linked genes

Blood Typing and Codominance Lesson (From 1/22)

Pedigree Lesson: (From 1/23) 

6.1 Assignments

Click Here for Mendel's Virtual Garden

Complete By the End of The Day (1/16- Friday)

Learning Targets: 

1) I can use Mendel's research and laws to describe the most basic forms of inheritance in organisms. 

2) I can identify and provide examples of non-mendelian inheritance categories. 


Review and Assess