Monday, February 22, 2016

Apologia Biology Module 8

What's Schoolin'?

And now on to Module 8...

Day 1:
~Intro to Module 8; prereading strategies
~Video [40 minutes][Mendel and His Pea Plants; episode 14 of The Great Courses - Biology: The Science of Life; Nowicki of Duke University][Students take notes.]

Day 2:
~ Check the Study Guide
~ Amoeba Sisters videos for Monohybrid [plus their worksheet] and Dihybrid and Punnett Squares

Day 3
~ On Your Own problems #1-4 in class
~ Spudoodles Lab [I remade the handouts/lab sheet.  I'll try to upload later...]
~ Mutations video from Amoeba Sisters [No time in class; will send the link to students.]

Day 4
~ Module Test [Apologia Test plus Quizlet x-choice - 10 questions for Bonus Points each worth .5 pts]


Great overall resource for this module:
http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/2011/01/biology-module-8-mendelian-genetics.html
http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/p/biology.html
http://mindfulramblings.com/2010/12/03/apologia-biology-module-8-mendelian-genetics/


Online interactive activities and quizlet quiz:
http://www.e-learninglinks.com/science/biology_apologia_vocabulary.htm

Heredity and Traits activites (scroll through pages to find activites)
http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/

Spud activity using Punnet Squares:
https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/last-post-on-biology-whooo-rah/
https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/gmo-spuds/
https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/genetics-and-spudoodles/
http://www.slideshare.net/jkmcclung/spudoodle [I'm changing a few things on the traits chart so that the Dominant/Recessive pairs have a dominant phenotype (outward appearance).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dXzSQiUsKBAznKewkG7YRh3nqR-OulIrL2Peufx_oUE/edit?hl=en&pli=1# [Already edited http://martysahm.blogspot.com/2011/01/biology-module-8-mendelian-genetics.html]


https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/apologia-sciences/apologia-biology/

Flash interactive online activity:
Pass the Genes, Please (Melonheads)
http://clc2.uniservity.com/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupId=437525&ResourceID=2619726

Videos:
We'll be using the Mendelean Genetics episode from:  Mendel and His Pea Plants; episode 14 of The Great Courses - Biology: The Science of Life; Nowicki of Duke University

Here are some more videos for this module:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0rSv6oxSY&list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz&index=14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGXTJLrLf8&list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz&index=15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2xufrHWG3E&list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz&index=16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4izVAkhMPQ#t=32