DNA and Genetics Podcast

In Science, the first unit that the PLP science 10 class has been studying is DNA and genetics. Throughout this unit, we have been learning about meiosis, mitosis, homozygous, heterozygous and many more. We have been watching videos that help explain these science terms. These videos were created by Hank Green. You may not know him but you may have heard of his brother John Green. He is most famous for writing The Fault In Our Stars. Hank’s short YouTube videos are called Crash Course In Biology and they helped us understand these science terms such as mitosis. After we watched around 4-5 Crash Course In Biology videos, we moved on to the big project for this unit. This unit project was to create a podcast that would show our understanding of genetics and DNA as well as answer the question “ if two sets of identical twins get married (identical twin boys each marry identical twin girls) and each couple has a child, could the resulting children be identical? “ This project required us to work with partners. Sam was my partner. He and I started by creating a script for the podcast which was critiqued by a fellow classmate. We took the feedback into consideration and made changes that were necessary. Then we recorded the podcast and after we felt that it was at the level we wanted it to be, we handed it in. Later that week we played the podcast in front of the teacher and the class. Overall I was very happy with my mark on the podcast. I would say that this is a great project and I would recommend it because the script writing aspect shows your teacher that you understand the topic and you can explain/ teach it to others.

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