Heredity

Where did your traits come from?

                                                   

	Did you ever wonder where your blue eyes or brown hair came from? What decided you should have the traits you have? Well wonder no longer!! There is one word that is the explaination for all these questions. You are now wondering what that one word is aren't you. Well wait no longer it is HEREDITY. There are all your questions finally answered? No? Well I can help you with that also. All you need to do is the super fun, super informative activities below and all your questions (hopefully) will be answered.

First of all to start your adventure about heredity there are a few things you need to do. To test your knowledge you need to fill out the genetic definations and genetic words activity sheets. You will look at the words on one sheet and then match them with the definations on the other by putting the letter in the blank.  This will tell you how much you already know and what you need a little more practice with. To check your answers come see me, I have all the answers! Now that you know all these wonderful genetic words you get to go to a fun website to test them out! Go to a fun site for kids about genetics and click on Heredity When you get there click on the bubble that says "More about heredity" Watch all three parts (make sure your sonund is on) While you watch the information make sure you fill out the activity sheet You can use the buttons on the player to "go back  to the start"," back 5 seconds", "pause"," play", " forward 5 seconds" or end if you need to review something, catch an answer or move forward in the movie. When you are finished with the movie be sure all your questions are answered. If you are unable to get to the website here is some information that will help you in your adventure to find out more about Heredity. Remember to fill out the activity sheet that goes along with it. When you are done with the movie and activity sheet you can move on to play the games to test your knowledge on what you learned. The games you can play are:   Heredity Game (Level One and Two) Gene Game (Level One and Two) <><> If you want a bit more of a challenge and have finished the other two games you can try the: DNA activity Profiles activity When you are totally finished with all the activities use the Punnentt Square activity sheet to test your knowledge even further. By filling in all the boxes and then writing a ratio as to how often each trait would be expressed. Example: 3:4 or 3 out of 4.