Grade 10 · Week 21 · U4
Essential question: Why are inheritance predictions probabilistic rather than guarantees?
Open monday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
A small family can differ greatly from an expected Mendelian ratio.
Build an initial model and explanation for: Why are inheritance predictions probabilistic rather than guarantees?
Record observations, questions, an initial model, and one claim that could be tested. Use these concepts where relevant: pedigree; probability; sample size; expected vs observed; sex-linked.
Open tuesday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Study and explain the week's core ideas: pedigree; probability; sample size; expected vs observed; sex-linked
Teacher-approved fictional or historical pedigrees.
Revise Monday's model. Add two evidence-backed annotations and explain one limitation or uncertainty.
Open wednesday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Use product/sum rules and simple chi-square conceptually.
Show units, setup, calculation or graph reasoning, then write what the quantitative evidence can and cannot establish about: Why are inheritance predictions probabilistic rather than guarantees?
Open thursday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Anonymous/published pedigree interpretation; no family medical inference.
Use the course safety charter. If supervision, facilities, materials, or conditions are not appropriate, use the supplied-data/simulation alternative rather than improvising hazardous procedures.
Record variables or design constraints, procedure/model, observations/data, and one revision you would make after reviewing the evidence.
Open friday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Answer the essential question: Why are inheritance predictions probabilistic rather than guarantees?
Submit a claim, at least two specific pieces of evidence, reasoning that connects them, one limitation/counterclaim, and a correction note for any essential concept below 80%.
Select one artifact from this week and explain why it is trustworthy evidence of growth.