WebQuest Project

• The subject area and topic covered (please include grade level here)
  9th grade Biology: Unit on genetics (Meiosis)
  
• The key standards covered, including at least 1 common core and 1 technology standard

Genetics:

2. Mutation and sexual reproduction lead to genetic variation in a population. As a 

basis for understanding this concept: 

a. Students know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs 

of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to pro­

duce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. 

b. Students know only certain cells in a multicellular organism undergo meiosis. 

c. Students know how random chromosome segregation explains the probability 

that a particular allele will be in a gamete. 

• The final product (what will the students be doing in the end)
  Student partners will be individually drawing a labeled diagram on butcher paper of the stages of meiosis including the polody (n or 2n) at each stage.  These will be posted on the walls once graded.
  Student partners will then write a half-page minimum paper about what they learned on Meiosis which they will turn in for a collaborative grade done by the teacher.  The grading will follow a rubric provided to the students within the webquest.