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- Appropriate grades
- 7
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will examine a fictional pedigree and determine which gene is responsible for a given trait. The genetic information for individuals is depicted as a jigsaw puzzle. Without delving into a complicated explanation of the process, the activity in this lesson will help students build an understanding of how offspring inherit genes from their parents.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 7
- Goal 5: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of heredity and genetics.
- Objective 5.01: Explain the significance of genes to inherited characteristics:
- Genes are the units of information.
- Parents transmit genes to their offspring.
- Some medical conditions and diseases are genetic.
- Objective 5.02: Explain the significance of reproduction:
- Sorting and recombination of parents' genetic material.
- Potential variation among offspring.
- Objective 5.04: Analyze the role of probability in the study of heredity:
- Role of each parent in transfer of genetic traits.
- Analysis of pedigrees.
- Objective 5.01: Explain the significance of genes to inherited characteristics:
