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Activity Originally Created By: Lilibeth Pinpin

Genetic Facts and Fallacies

Part of Lesson Plan: DNA Origami

Activity Overview / Details

As students come into the room, give them a worksheet with 10 statements about genetics entitled Genetic Facts and Fallacies .  Individually, they will identify each statement as being correct or incorrect. Afterwards, go through each statement and see what their answers are. A discussion on why they say a statement is correct or incorrect ensues. At the end of 10-15 minutes, the students would have known which statements are correct or incorrect and why.

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  • GENETIC FACTS AND FALLACIES WORKSHEET.doc GENETIC FACTS AND FALLACIES WORKSHEET.doc [ Download ] This is a worksheet that has 10 statements about genetics. Some are correct and others are false. The correct statements are numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10.