Notes

Genetics Notes

We used this link: [] Make a digital version of these notes in your "notes" page on your wikispace. We made it through the review section of this website. For homework you were asked to summarize the steps in your own words. I will be checking for summaries, your personal notes and examples, or any examples that we do as a class in this section.
 * __March 12 & 13, 2012 Notes__**


 * __March 14 & 15, 2012 Notes__**

I want you to summarize your notes from today. Be sure to list a GLOW & a GROW from today's lesson.


 * __March 19 & 20, 2012 Notes__**

Use the map below to find your surname. List where you find your name including your current location with four other places in the United States. Tell me the population size of your surname in each location. Surname Map

Next, predict why you think your last name is in each of these locations. What do you think are some of the reasons for the changes of distributions over time? What historic events might have affected the distribution? How does migration patterns have anything to do with genetics?


 * __March 21 & 22, 2012 Notes__**

Research Ellis Island. What is it used for? Why is it located where it is? When did it receive the most immigrants? Do you think/know if any of your ancestors traveled through Ellis Island? -Find 3 times that people viewed America as a pull factor, and be sure to list the push factors that were making them be "pulled" to America. Put these answers on your wikispace.