Lesson 4.7: CLIL

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Lesson 4.7: CLIL: Science

Genes

Lesson aims

• I can understand gene combinations

Success criteria

• I can describe the outcome of gene combinations for hair and eyes

• I can use adjectives to talk about genes

What do you think that 'genes' are?

(you can answer in Dutch)

What Are Genes?

Genes are in our cells and have information to decide things like eye and hair colour. We get them from our parents.

genes - genen

jeans - spijkerbroek

Vocabulary

When it comes to genes, what do they mean with "strong" or "weak"?

In the genes!

Read along with the text on page 65!

Gene Combinations

B = brown (strong), b = blue (weak). Brown wins over blue. Examples: BB: brown, Bb: brown, bb: blue.

Eye Colour

D = dark (strong), bl = blond (weak). Dark hair wins over blond. Examples: DD: dark, Dbl: dark, blbl: blond.

Hair Colour

What can you tell about gene combinations?

Name something new you learned

How difficult did you find this lesson?

Let's Practise!

Open your books on page 65:

• Do exercises 3, 4 and 5

Write your answers and phrases in your notebook.