Genetics ~ Create a Baby Lab

This was a fun and engaging activity for my high school students who learn best with hands-on activities and visuals.

The instructions are straightforward and easy to understand. They provide excellent review of dominant v. recessive traits and incomplete dominance. Drawing the interesting baby features provoked a lot of fun and laughter from my students!

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This bundled package includes all the lab activities I use in my Anatomy & Physiology class. Many of these labs can also be used in a Biology course. Included in this package are 19 different labs, with guidelines, materials lists, and answer keys included. These labs are great for any level s

Description

Have your students “Create a Baby” based on specific dominant or recessive traits! The Create A Baby lab can be used during any unit on genetics, all that is needed are some pennies and colored pencils.

Students will “create” or draw a baby based on traits acquired through chance. This lab is very flexible as it will work for any level student from English Learner - EL - to more advanced students. This product includes a complete lab, brief guidelines, an answer key and discussion questions.

Lab objectives include:

• demonstrating that genes and traits are passed on from generation to generation
• the concepts of dominance, genotype, phenotype, and incomplete dominance will be illustrated.

1. This lab can cover 1-2 class periods depending on how you want to structure it and the level of your student.
2. For differentiation simply modify the discussion questions to your needs. For any teacher looking for “hands on” enrichment activities that will fully engage the student, this product is for you.

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