Christmas Winter Genetics - Punnett squares

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5th - 10th, Homeschool

Subjects

Biology, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

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Worksheets, Activities

Standards

NGSSMS-LS3-2

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4 pages

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My students loved this activity. It was engaging, fun, and challenging. I will definitely use it again next year!

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We liked this activity; students were engaged and it gave them a chance to be creative a bit while practicing phenotypes and genotypes and modeling heredity.

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Brrrrrrrr! It's winter, fresh snow is on the ground and it’s time to build your perfect Snowperson! Students really enjoy these fun Punnett Square practice problems that help to reinforce genetics concepts such as homozygous, heterozygous, dominant and recessive traits.

WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:

• 4 NON-EDITABLE PDF handouts with snowman template, extension questions.

• 1 Page of student examples

• DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM links to all items listed above which can be easily converted to Microsoft School with directions provided or altered to fit your school’s personal learning management system

STUDENTS WILL:

• Flip coins and use the chart to complete Punnett Squares and determine the traits of their snowperson

• Draw the snowperson according to the traits received

• Complete the extension questions

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4 pages

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Teaching Duration

90 minutes

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NGSSMS-LS3-2

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. Emphasis is on using models such as Punnett squares, diagrams, and simulations to describe the cause and effect relationship of gene transmission from parent(s) to offspring and resulting genetic variation.

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