Submitted by iwaldron on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 2:00pm.
The Genetics activity has been entirely rewritten to focus on the guiding question, “How do genes contribute to the similarities and differences between parents and their children?” In the Student Handout, we have made major changes to the questions and improved the logical flow to help students understand important concepts and to counteract common misconceptions about genetics. These changes will help students better understand topics such as polygenic inheritance, the role of mutations, and what a Punnett square can and cannot predict.
2018 revision
The Genetics activity has been entirely rewritten to focus on the guiding question, “How do genes contribute to the similarities and differences between parents and their children?” In the Student Handout, we have made major changes to the questions and improved the logical flow to help students understand important concepts and to counteract common misconceptions about genetics. These changes will help students better understand topics such as polygenic inheritance, the role of mutations, and what a Punnett square can and cannot predict.