Genetics Objectives
| Genes and Heredity
The student will be able to: |
State Standard |
| 1. understand that all living things have a cellular basis and that humans undergo a process of cellular division from the formation of gametes, to the union of those gametes during fertilization, to the growth and development of the human embryo during somatic cell replication. | 12.4.2 |
| 2. describe the process of mitosis and meiosis as it relates to cellular reproduction and distinguishes between the events of a normal cell cycle. | 12.7.1 |
| 3. investigate and understand that genetic variation occurs when genes are transmitted during sexual reproduction. | 12.4.2 |
| 4. investigate how Mendelian Postulates formed the foundation to the laws of current Transmission Genetics Theory. | 12.4.2 |
| 5. investigate how autosomal and sex-linked inheritance patterns influence gene expression in the phenotypic expression of organisms | 12.4.2 |
| 6. distinguish between the events of a normal and faulty cell cycle and how a faulty cell cycle can result in cancer in human somatic cells. | 12.4.1
12.7.5 |
| 7. explain how populations of organisms are large gene pools of traits that are either in equilibrium or in the process of change and that this can be tested using the Hardy Weinberg Law. | 12.7.1 |
| 8. describe how natural selection serves as a driving force for genetic mutations in populations of organisms over time. | 12.7.1 |
| DNA Structure and Function
The student will be able to: |
State Standard |
| 1. investigate and describe the basic DNA structure and how it is organized into chromosomes that carry the genetic code. | 12.4.2 |
| 2. explain how DNA is transcribed into RNA and how RNA is translated into protein that is the phenotypic allele expression by living things. | 12.4.2 |
| 3. investigate and explain how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms. | 12.4.2 |
| 4. explain how DNA replicates by semi-conservative reproduction. | 12.4.2 |
| 5. describe how chromosome mutations are the result of variations in chromosome number and rearrangement. | 12.4.2 |
| 6. understand that changes in scientific knowledge evolve over time and almost always build. | 12.8.3 |
| Biotechnology, Legal and Ethical Issues
The student will be able to: |
State Standard |
| 1. explain the process of genetic cloning and its implications on society. | 12.8.2 |
| 2. investigate how the human genome project is affecting society. | 12.8.2 |
| 3. use technology and mathematics to improve genetic investigations and communications. | 12.2.1 |
| 4. describe how recombinant genetic technology is used to create artificial DNA molecules and explain how those molecules can be used. | 12.8.2 |
| 5. investigate how genetically modified organisms are created by scientists and used by society. | 12.8.2 |
| 6. describe how genetic technology is being used in the diagnostic treatment of human genetic disorders, gene therapy and the treatment of Cancer. | 12.6.2 |
| 7. understand that some advances in science and technology have long-lasting effects on society. | 12.8.3 |
| 8. examine and understand how the legal and ethical issues affect the decision making process; socially, culturally, and personally. | 12.8.1 |