Problem Based Learning: Sibling Eye Color - Amy Usry

Introduction

Will all siblings have the same eye color? 

Standard: S5L2. Students will recognize that offspring can resemble parents in inherited traits and learned behaviors. a

a. Compare and contrast the characteristics of learned behaviors and of inherited traits 

b. Discuss what a gene is and the role genes play in the transfer of traits. 

 

Students will observe and evaluate the different traits that their peers have inherited from their parents. 

 

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Task

Students will be able to explain why certain genes are recessive and dominant.

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Process

In this section, you will watch the brain pop over Heredity and Genetics. After watching the video, students will explore the internet to answer the questions that follow. 

https://www.brainpop.com/

https://quizlet.com/subject/science-5th-grade-heredity-genetics

What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?

What is a trait that occurs more often, when only one parent contributes it called?

This is a trait that occurs less often and needs two parent to contribute. 

 

If time allows, students will participate in a personal survey.

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Evaluation

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Conclusion

Students can explain what recessive and dominate traits are and how they are passed from parent to offspring. 

 

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