Aims and questions
Biology
With a series of examples you are going to work out yourself you try to get an answer to the following question:
There are four main themes in Biology: Continuity and Change, Form and Function, Interaction and Interdependence & Unity and Diversity.
TOK
Next to this, you will be reflecting on the Knowledge systems used to interpret genetics. The Myth on the homepage is your entry point for this:
Individual questions
A lot of characteristics are hereditary. This means that you have inherited certain characteristics from your parents too. A lot of these you inherit the same ways as discussed in the examples you will work out during this WebQuest.
With a series of examples you are going to work out yourself you try to get an answer to the following question:
- What is a breeding experiment?
- What has to be done to be able to calculate the outcome of a breeding experiment?
- How can genes and alleles work together?
- How does this show in manner of writing when performing crosses on paper?
- How can a genotype be linked to a phenotype?
There are four main themes in Biology: Continuity and Change, Form and Function, Interaction and Interdependence & Unity and Diversity.
- Which of these themes suits this WebQuest best?
TOK
Next to this, you will be reflecting on the Knowledge systems used to interpret genetics. The Myth on the homepage is your entry point for this:
- Which Areas of Knowledge can you identify in the myth?
- How would these clash with the view modern geneticists have of their field and knowledge?
- Can you identify and explain a link to the ethical element of the Natural Sciences Are of Knowledge?
- Where do you stand as a person in the situation you find yourself in as an intern?
Individual questions
A lot of characteristics are hereditary. This means that you have inherited certain characteristics from your parents too. A lot of these you inherit the same ways as discussed in the examples you will work out during this WebQuest.
- From which of your own characteristics in your phenotype would you like to know how you got them?