Thursday's tests from Chapter 2 were passed back Mon.
Chapter 3,Genetics: The Science of Heredity was introduced with a reading assignment of pages 80-85. At the same time students had copied their Key Terms from Sect 1, page 107, in their notebooks so from a contextual approach they could write the meanings as they came across them.
Their homework assignment was to show the outcome of a cross between a recessive and dominant form of one trait found in the chart on page 83. They had to carry the outcomes through to the second generation to show the results of two hybrid parents from purebreds. I modeled a garden plot on the board with a key to illustrate how simplistic it could be.
We will label and discuss these outcomes tomorrow using our vocab.
Wed. will be an activity day for the entire 7th grade.
Have a nice Thanksgiving!