Tuesday March 3rd

1. How do we know what we know about how traits are inherited? -Gregor Mendel- The father of genetics
2. Read pages 56 and 57 in the textbook

Vocab to add to “Heredity Vocabulary”

Gregor Mendel

Heredity

Also Add:

Trait: an inherited characteristic (brown hair, blue eyes, etc)

Gene: a set of instructions for an inherited trait

Genetics: the study of heredity

3. Discuss:

1.  What did Gregor Mendel study to help him figure out what characteristics were inherited (passed down from parents to offspring)

2.  What was so perplexing about his experiments?

3. Why pea plants?  You will look at plants in a whole new way after this, especially if you have allergies.

Plant parts, review of parts, and pollination process