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=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= E4. Heredity and Reproduction Grade 9-Diploma //Genetics// Students examine the role of DNA in transferring traits from generation to generation, in differentiating cells, and in evolving new species. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology-E. The Living Environment

//What understandings are desired?//
• differentiation can be found within and among cells of the same organism. • differences in DNA contribute to variation between individuals, species, and evolving new species. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • DNA plays a vital role in transferring traits from generation to generation.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why does differentiation occur within and among cells of the same organism? • How do differences in DNA contribute to the variation between individuals, species, and evolving new species? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How does DNA play a role in the transferring of traits from generation to generation?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
differentiation, gametes, chromosomes, gene mutations, chromosomal mutations, amino acids, haploid, diploid, replication, genome, homologous, heterozygous, nucleus, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) • //Critical Details//—Classical Genetics, Punnett Squares, Transcription, Translation, mitosis, meiosis, Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment, DNA Replication •//Important Events/people//—Mendel, Watson & Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Linus Pauling, Human Genome Project || •predict how a given mutation would affect an individual and the next generation. •translate segments of DNA. •design a new species; explain some mutations it may have and how the unique traits are passed down to the resulting offspring. •analyze Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment and Law of Segregation and point out some of the exceptions that we have learned with advancements in technology. •imagine you are a stem cell, describe two different paths you may take in your life. •be aware of the similarities and differences between cells within an organism. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • //Terminology//—genetic transfer, DNA, RNA, genes,


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**