Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dragon Traits

How many different types of dragons to you believe have existed through the ages? What did these dragons look like? What physical features make it easy to identify a type of dragon?

Today, you will begin looking at the features of dragons to prepare for their breeding. A few objectives:

Content - Associate key vocabulary of unit to various dragons. 
Language - Describe physical features of dragons

Key Vocabulary:
  • Heredity
  • Genetics
  • Genes
  • Trait
  • Alleles
  • Genotype
  • Phenotype
  • Dominant Trait
  • Recessive Trait
  • Offspring
  • DNA
  • Chromosome
  • Homozygous
  • Heterozygous

We will spend some time going over these words. On Monday, there will be a quick check-in to see what ideas you have picked up and what words you still need to work on learning.

Support Reading: Cells & Heredity p. 101-107

A few online resources:

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