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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?//
•New organisms come from the recombination of genetic material. •DNA changes over time through mutation and genetic engineering, resulting in new traits and evolving species. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •DNA controls the expression of traits in differentiating cells.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How does genetic material recombine to make new individuals? •Why does DNA change over time? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How does DNA control the expression of the traits in differentiating cells?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
thymine, ribosomes, nucleus, microfibers, centromere, anaphase, metaphase, telophase, interphase, mutation, allele, chromosomes, genes, junk DNA, epigenetics. •Critical Details: structure of DNA & RNA, structure of the cell, current advances and techniques in genetic engineering, info on genetic disease, and epigenetics. •Sequence and timelines: transcription, translation, mitosis, and meiosis, a history of genetic discovery from Aristotle, and Mendel, to Watson and Crick and beyond. || •illustrate the structure of DNA and RNA. •predict the likelihood of a genetic combination using a punnet square. •compare and contrast DNA and RNA structure and transcription. •be aware of the social implications of genetic engineering. •design a new genetic trait or experiment. •consider the consequences of recessive and dominant genes in disease transmission. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Vocabulary: DNA, RNA, transcription, translation,guanine, cytosine, adenine,


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