Old KS4 Science Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
define key genetic terms such as allele, dominant, recessive, and phenotype
analyse family trees to determine the mode of inheritance of a trait
use Punnett squares to predict the probability of offspring inheriting a trait
create a family tree and determine the mode of inheritance for a given trait
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Words and meanings to learn
parent
a caregiver of the offspring in their own species
offspring
a person's child or children
characteristics
a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them
probability
the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true
inherit
the process by which genetic information is passed on from parent to child
Resources: Whiteboard and markers, Internet access (for research purposes)
Handout: Handout contains family tree examples, Punnett square worksheet
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