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Agriculture & Natural Resources

Activity Originally Created By: Bonnie Baxter

Dominant vs. Recessive Traits

Part of Lesson Plan: Dominant & Recessive Traits

Activity Overview / Details

After the "Who's your daddy?" activity the students will be very curious why the offspring don't look like the parent they marked on their index card. This will lead you into a discussion about genetics and dominant and recessive traits. Use to following PowerPoint as an instructional tool to: 1) Review Genotype & Phenotype, 2) Explain Dominant & Recessive, 3) Model Punnett Squares.

Materials / Resource

  • Dominant vs. Recessive, Punnett Sq.'s Dominant vs. Recessive, Punnett Sq.'s [ Download ] PowerPoint presentation to be used with Introduction to Punnett Squares Handout