7+science+goal+5

Goal 5:
The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of heredity and genetics.

Select an objective:
[|Objective 5.01]Explain the significance of genes to inherited characteristics:
 * Genes are the units of information.
 * Parents transmit genes to their offspring.
 * Some medical conditions and diseases are genetic.

[|Objective 5.02]Explain the significance of reproduction:
 * Sorting and recombination of parents' genetic material.
 * Potential variation among offspring.

[|Objective 5.03]Identify examples and patterns of human genetic traits:
 * Dominant and recessive.
 * Incomplete dominance.

[|Objective 5.04]Analyze the role of probability in the study of heredity:
 * Role of each parent in transfer of genetic traits.
 * Analysis of pedigrees.

[|Objective 5.05]Summarize the genetic transmittance of disease.

[|Objective 5.06]Evaluate evidence that human characteristics are a product of:
 * Inheritance.
 * Environmental factors.
 * Lifestyle choices.