Week Key teaching points DNA DNA structure, properties and function – DNA replication, protein synthesis 1–4 Stem cells and epigenetics Task 11: Practical Extraction of DNA from strawberries – Extended response Gene expression Task 12: – Task 13: Test DNA and protein synthesis – Cell reproduction Mitosis Meiosis Crossing over, non-disjunction, random assortment and variation due to these processes 5–7 Difference between mitosis and meiosis Tumours/cancer Task 14: Practical Ugly bugs: Modelling crossing over, non-disjunction, random assortment and – gene linkage Task 15: Test Mitosis and meiosis – Human reproduction Structure and function of reproductive system Menstrual and ovarian cycles 8–10 Spermatogenesis and oogenesis Conception through to development of embryo Stages of labour and birth Task 16: Extended response Reproductive technologies research assignment – Contraceptive methods STI’s 11 Assisted reproductive technologies Genetic screening Types of inheritance Genotypes and phenotypes Punnett squares 12–14 Dominance, co-dominance, autosomal and sex linked traits Pedigree charts DNA profiling Task 17: Test Reproduction and inheritance – 15 Revision 16 Task 18: Semester 2 examination
Week Key teaching points 1–4 DNA DNA – structure, properties and function DNA replication, protein synthesis Stem cells and epigenetics Task 11: Practical – Extraction of DNA from strawberries Task 12: Extended response – Gene expression Task 13: Test – DNA and protein synthesis 5–7 Cell reproduction Mitosis Meiosis Crossing over, non-disjunction, random assortment and variation due to these processes Difference between mitosis and meiosis Tumours/cancer Task 14: Practical – Ugly bugs: Modelling crossing over, non-disjunction, random assortment and gene linkage Task 15: Test – Mitosis and meiosis 8–10 Human reproduction Structure and function of reproductive system Menstrual and ovarian cycles Spermatogenesis and oogenesis Conception through to development of embryo Stages of labour and birth Task 16: Extended response – Reproductive technologies research assignment 11 Contraceptive methods STI’s Assisted reproductive technologies Genetic screening 12–14 Types of inheritance Genotypes and phenotypes Punnett squares Dominance, co-dominance, autosomal and sex linked traits Pedigree charts DNA profiling Task 17: Test – Reproduction and inheritance 15 Revision 16 Task 18: Semester 2 examination
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