Rough draft.This research track is under review with Dr. Atit's lab. Content and sequence may still change.
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Curriculum and WebXam connections
When a cleft runs in a family: Van der Woude
How this session lines up with the PLTW curriculum and the WebXam for each class it touches, including the vocabulary, concepts, and skills you share.
The classes below may be taught in different terms. This research track runs all year with HOSA, so a connection means the ideas line up, not that the class meets this week.
GenDGenetics of Disease Fall and Spring
PLTW alignment
GenD covers inheritance patterns and genetic counseling.
WebXam
072130 Genetics of Disease
Domain: Bio-Molecular Technology
How it connects
Van der Woude is a single-gene dominant condition, the inheritance reasoning GenD builds.
Shared concepts
Autosomal dominantPenetranceSyndromic vs non-syndromic
Shared skills
Read a pedigreeReason about inheritance
Shared vocabulary (same words, same meaning)
- mutation mirrors: Mutations and their effects
- autosomal dominant mirrors: Inheritance patterns
- phenotype mirrors: Genotype to phenotype