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A Mendel seminar

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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 AP Biology

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Appropriate grades
9–12
Subjects
science (biology and life science)
Provider
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The Science NetLinks lesson, constructed around Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper, is an advanced lesson in history, scientific inquiry, methodology, classical genetics, and plant biology. In this lesson, students are guided through a thorough discussion of part of the paper Mendel wrote about his pea plant experiments.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement Biology

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
    • Objective 1.02: Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer biological questions.
      • Create testable hypotheses.
      • Identify variables.
      • Use a control or comparison group when appropriate.
      • Select and use appropriate measurement tools.
      • Collect and record data.
      • Organize data into charts and graphs.
      • Analyze and interpret data.
      • Communicate findings.
    • Objective 1.05: Analyze reports of scientific investigations from an informed scientifically literate viewpoint including considerations of:
      • Appropriate sample.
      • Adequacy of experimental controls.
      • Replication of findings.
      • Alternative interpretations of the data.
  • Goal 4: The learner will develop an understanding of the basis of heredity and the role of molecular genetics.
    • Objective 4.03: Interpret and use the principal patterns of inheritance.
    • Objective 4.09: Examine past and present research on heredity and molecular genetics.
      • Explore the work of Mendel.
      • Explore the work of Watson and Crick.