GENETICS AND HEREDITARY ACTIVITY

Get this fun hands-on simulation activity to teach Mendelian Genetics and Hereditary today. This resource is designed to reinforce the concepts of traits, genotype and phenotype in a practical way so that your students are engaged. Please see previews to take a look at sample work.

The resource is in 2 parts:

PART 1: Determining the traits of offspring activity: ****( See video preview)

In this part, students will randomly toss alleles of father and mother onto their table. Then, they will write the alleles each parent contributes to the child for 3 genes- freckle gene, eye color gene, and hairline gene. From the genotypes of the offpring, students will draw the resulting phenotype on the face of the offspring.

PART 2: Punnett square exercise

In this part, students will practice solving mono hybrid and dihybrid punnett square problems to further enhance their understanding. They will have the opportunity to try both monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. This worksheet comes in colored and black and white version

Teacher Guide:

This resource includes a step by step (3 page) teacher guide with pictures to make the allele cards, including how to laminate them.I have also included suggestions and tips to assist the teacher.

Answer Keys:

Answer keys for part 2 inlcuded as well as sample answers for part 1

Grade Level:

This resouce is suitable for grades 7 to 12

Pre-requisite Knowlwdge:

It will be ideal if students have knowledge about mendelian genetics, dorminant and recessive alleles and how to solve mono and dihybride punnett sqaures problems.

Materials for student pair or individual

a. Allele cards (6 in total , 3 for father, and 3 for mother )

b. Hereditary worksheet ( individually, pairs or group)

c. colored pens ( to show phenotypes)

***Please check preview for sample worksheets to see if this resource meets your needs.

Turn your genetics and hereditary unit into an engaging lesson with this resource. My students love them each year and I’m confident yours will too. The preparation time will pay off in money and time as these cards can be reused each year.

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