Genetics

Aim: How can we model how are traits passed on from one generation to the next?

Standards:

MS.Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms
MS-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

LS3.B: Variation of Traits

Motivation: Look at the other students sitting at your table. List two traits that you share with them and two traits that make you different from them.

Task 1: Watch this short video clip to review the concepts of traits and alleles

Task 2: Working in groups of 2, complete the Monster Genetics Lab

Task 3: Answer your Exit Ticket in complete sentences

Homework: Complete the summary questions (found in part 4 of the Monster Genetics Lab).