Unit 4 Refection
We did a coin sex lab. In this lab, we flipped coins to determine traits for a child between those two coins. It served as a model for genetics because it demonstrates the unpredictability of getting traits as a child and the probability of getting traits. Our dyhibrid cross What did you do in this lab? How did coins serve as a model for genetics concepts? Compare your expected results with actual results in your dihybrid cross simulation. To what can you attribute these results? (ie, make a claim and back it with reasoning). What is the limit of using probability to predict our offspring’s traits? How does understanding this relate to your life? Be specific.
This unit was all about how offspring got their genes and differnt phenotypes that would so up because of those genes. Some themes and essential understadings include the Punett square, determining possible phenotypes for offspring, and knowing Mendel's experiment that caused this whole thing. I think this unit went really well. I understood it a little more than other units and I love the whole concept of DNA and gene linkage. My strengths in the unit were mostly Punett squares. I found that I fully understand the topic of and I find gene expression a little more difficult to deal with.
In this unit, I learned that I eally had to manage my time or else I wouldn't get anything done so I always made a plan of what I was going to do that day. I'm not much of a people person so collaborative settings isn't my favorite, but I've gotten better at working with other people. I've found that I just need to have a little more patience and not be so frustrated with people. I understand that people make mistakes and won't understand some things within a lab and I need to be able to let them figure it out instead of me telling them what to do.
This unit was all about how offspring got their genes and differnt phenotypes that would so up because of those genes. Some themes and essential understadings include the Punett square, determining possible phenotypes for offspring, and knowing Mendel's experiment that caused this whole thing. I think this unit went really well. I understood it a little more than other units and I love the whole concept of DNA and gene linkage. My strengths in the unit were mostly Punett squares. I found that I fully understand the topic of and I find gene expression a little more difficult to deal with.
In this unit, I learned that I eally had to manage my time or else I wouldn't get anything done so I always made a plan of what I was going to do that day. I'm not much of a people person so collaborative settings isn't my favorite, but I've gotten better at working with other people. I've found that I just need to have a little more patience and not be so frustrated with people. I understand that people make mistakes and won't understand some things within a lab and I need to be able to let them figure it out instead of me telling them what to do.
What did you learn from these experiences? From these experiances I learned to be a litle more patient and that I'm more of a visual and kinesthetic learner. When we did an infographic in class, I learned to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. I also learned that more pictures and less words is a lot more helpful that just trying to write a paragraph on everything. This project taught me to condense my words and not to ramble. I think I'm a better student than yesterday because I know just a bit more that I did yesterday.
I'm still curious about why some siblings will look completely different from each other. And the same with fraternal twins. Is is just the luck of the draw? Also, what type of blood type would you get if your parents were AB positive and O negative? Could you get something completely random, or would it be anything like your siblings? I wonder about what genes my parents have and what genes I got. I also wonder if genes skipped a genereation in my case and I'm curious about what diseases I might be more prone to because of genes.
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