MS-LS3.A-2

The Slime Races

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COMBINED RATING

3.6 Stars

TEACHERS (24)

3.9

STUDENTS (2654)

3.3

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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Spanish Language Support

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Description

Breed slimes with different genetic traits to win a series of races!

Vocabulary Words

genetics

breeding

gene

genotype

phenotype

Punnett Square

allele

dominant

recessive

alleles

gene

XX (female)

XY (male)

incomplete dominance

homozygous genotype

heterozygous

codominance,

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Variation of Inherited Traits. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

A Punnett square is a chart that shows the possible genotype combinations in offspring from two parents.

In sexual reproduction, the offspring inherits half of its genetic material from its mother and half from its father.

In humans, the sex chromosomes are called X and Y.

Polygenetic inheritance occurs when multiple genes are responsible for the expression of a single trait.

Genes are responsible for the specific traits of an individual.

Heredity is the passage of genetic information from one generation to the next.

Some alleles are dominant while others are recessive.

The different varieties of a particular gene are called alleles.

Genotype is the genetic makeup of a living organism and depends on which alleles the organism inherited from its parent(s).

Homozygous means that an organism contains the same alleles of a gene on their chromosomes.

Codominance occurs in heterozygotes when both alleles dominate and are both expressed in the offspring.

Heterozygous means that an organism contains different alleles of a gene on their chromosomes.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is the study of genetics? How do living things inherit traits? Which cell part is most involved with passing traits from parents to offspring? What does breeding mean?

After the Game

How does a Punnett Square help us predict the possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring? What is the relationship between genotype and phenotype? What is the necessary genotype needed to express a recessive trait? How is a trait that shows incomplete dominance difference from a trait that is codominant?