Internet Worksheet
Assignment 1                                                                                                                                
Class time: 2 periods
 

1.Use the Woodrow   site used to find the information necessary to draw a Punnett square and show the possible genotype(s) of the F1 generation produced by fruit flies Bugsy and Daisy ( Drosophila melanogaster)

        Why is it important to use virgin fruit flies in genetic crosses?
 

        Choose the decade during which the greatest  advancements in genetics were made?   Prepare to explain to the class why  you believe this decade is more important than the others?  (Take a few notes to support your opinion.)
 
 

2.At the  Kathy Schrock's Internet Site  select  :Science,Technology,..."; "Biological Science and Animal Site", "A.P. Biology and Biology"; then enter  "Virtual Fly Lab".  Conduct an experiment(s) of your choice.  Prepare drawings or charts to summarize your findings and to use in presenting your summary to the class.

 
 

3.Go to the site   Bio On Line .  Select Employment Postings and then a site of your choice.  Write a brief report to inform the students of career oportunities in a given company.  Include the necessary preparation for employment. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               4.       Use   Concept Map  to show the relation between ideas in this assignment.
 
 

5. Click on  Scientific American  to locate 3 articles related to Genetics. Select one article to recommend to the class for reading.

6.  Ask Jeeves to  answer  your questions that relate to this assignment.