Mendel's Work

Mendel's Experiments with Pea Plants

What you need to know about Mendel:

He is the founding father of genetics
He was an European monk who worked in the monastery garden
He did experiments on pea plants in order to discover rules about heredity and genetics
He crossed purebred plants (plants that always produce offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent) in order to learn more about why offspring often look similar to their parents
He discovered that organisms had 'factors' which we now call genes (genotype) that determine certain traits or physical characteristics (the phenotype)
He learned that genes have many forms, called alleles
He discovered that some alleles are always shown when present, while others can be masked
The alleles that are always shown are called dominant
The alleles that can be masked are called recessive
Every gene has two alleles, one from the father and one from the mother

Instructions By Date:

Part 1:

Tues. 3/29 - Wed. 3/30

Click on Website 1, which will take you to the United Streaming/Discovery Education web-page
Log in using the user name and password you received in class
Complete the first assignment, which is to read a short passage titled "True Gene-ius". After you finish the reading, come back to this website
Write a summary of the reading by clicking Complete Summary Assignment- Website 1 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHNOTnlYSi1oSXROSEpST2J1MURHcXc6MQ), filling in the required information, and clicking "submit"
Go back to United Streaming/Discovery Education (Website 1) and complete the second assignment, which is to view an animation about genetics. When you are finished viewing the animation, come back to this website
Answer questions about the animation by clicking Complete Animation Questions- Website 1 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlNT0hnMzB0U2V0SFozVWZETDRfYlE6MQ), filling in the required information, and clicking "submit"

TIPS: Leave the Discovery Education website open in a separate tab or window so you can go back to the reading or animation while answering the questions.

Part 2:

Thurs. 3/31 - Fri. 4/01

Go to Website 2, click on "Launch the Animation" and ONLY watch: 1. Dominant traits and 2. Segregation of elements. (you must have a flash player downloaded on your computer, there are two available for free download on the Home page)
Questions about the animation are required as evidence.
Answer question about the animation by clicking Complete Mendel's Experiment questions- Website 2 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEk5R1dsa1A0ck1MWHVEeWhISkZzQUE6MQ), filing in the required information, and clicking "submit".

Part 3:

Sat. 4/02 - Mon. 4/04

Click on Website 3 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE5EYlZUTEpBQTdhdXZ2MHdTRkV4OHc6MQ) and take a quiz about Mendel.
When you have finished the quiz, click "submit" for credit. (this quiz is graded for accuracy)
When you are finished and have uploaded all of the evidence, you are finished with this page!

Website 1

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE5EYlZUTEpBQTdhdXZ2MHdTRkV4OHc6MQ

http://my.discoveryeducation.com/

http://www.mendel-museum.com/eng/1online/experiment.htm