canatella8 Ms. Canatella
University Laboratory School 8th grade Science
http://www.uhigh.lsu.edu
 
   Welcome to your Science class website!  For the remainder of the school year, we will be studying a unit on heredity.  In class, we are completing activities related to Unit 8: Chapter 22 in your textbook.

   On this website, you will find important information about genetics, a study guide, and quizzes.  If you have any questions related to the information that we are studying, please feel free to email me.


Genetic Study Guide:

1. Key Terms:  genetics, heredity, family tree, generation, traits, sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, unicellular, multicellular, mitosis, chromosomes, spindle fibers, dominant traits, recessive traits, hybrid, purebred, generation, Punnett Square, expression

2. Family Relations on page 492

3. Four essential properties of life:  self-preservation, self-regulation, self-organization, self-reproduction

4. Microscope Lab:  Single Celled Organisms

5. Parts of the Cell Worksheet

6. Cell Division in Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms

7. Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

8. Mitosis (Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase); review worksheet with diagrams

9. Mendel's factors on pages 506-509; use the diagram on page 509

10. Punnett Squares, Predictable Ratios (3:1)
Useful links
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