The ABC’s of Biology Volume 1

Due on the day that you take your final

P1: Jan 24^th, P3 and P5: Jan. 26^th, P4 and P6: Jan. 25th

In this activity you will be reviewing what you have learned this semester by creating an a-z book.

Guidelines:

1. You will go in order from A-Z.
2. Each page will have one letter on it.
3. Each page will need to have the following:
• The word and a definition
• A picture of what you are describing
• At least 3 sentences about what it is you drew

Example:

A: Allele- One of a number of different forms of a gene

There are recessive and dominant alleles for some traits. One example of a recessive allele that we studied is blue eyes, which is recessive to brown eyes. Dominant alleles are genes that actually make proteins while recessive alleles are genes that have mutated and do not make proper proteins.

Ch 11 Page 265 Genetics

4. You must have at least one word from each of the different chapters that we studied

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
  

5. You must use the following terms for the appropriate letters, for all others you may come up with your own words.
• I= Independent assortment
• M= Mutation
• S= Segregation
• T=Translation
• X = X-linked genes
• Y = y chromosome
• Z = Zygote

Rubric you will be evaluated by:

Criteria	Attempted(60)	Acceptable(75)	Admirable(85)	Awesome(100)
Letters of the Alphabet	5 or 6 letters not included (5% deducted for each missing page from overall grade)	3 or 4 letters not included	All but 1 or 2 letters are included	All 26 letters of the alphabet included
Pictures	Pictures are included but are rushed.	More than 3 pictures are not drawn carefully	All but 1 or 2 pictures are drawn carefully	All 26 letters have pictures that are drawn carefully
Three Sentences	Most letters have only 1 or 2 sentences.	More than 3 letters have less than three sentences.	All but 1 or 2 letters have at least 3 sentences	All 26 letters have at least three sentences describing the meaning and/or giving examples of the concept.
Required content Letters	3 or more of the required content letters are missing.	2 of the required content letters are missing	1 of the required content letters is missing	The seven required words are used for I, M, S, T, X, Y, & Z
Required Content Chapters	3 chapters are missing	2 chapters are missing	1 chapter is missing	All requested chapters included & written on pages
Effort and Usefulness	This book is a major rush job with the idea of getting it done and not making it useful.	Effort is given on a few of the pages, but many pages are rushed.	Effort is given on most of the book, but a few pages are rushed.	Effort is put into making a study tool that is useful for review of the semester test
Neatness and Care of Construction	The book is sloppy and little care is put into visual presentation.	The book is done but is not neat.	Most of the book is carefully constructed & neatly written and drawn.	Entire book is carefully constructed & neatly written and drawn. Visual presentation is impressive. Color or shading is used affectively

Please include this rubric with your booklet. Please circle where you believe your grade should be on the rubric for all seven “Criteria” items. Fold this and put it in your book.