Inherited Traits Lesson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Peas in a Pod: Genetics

For Teachers 4th - 8th

Can peas have grandparents? Learn about inherited traits and heredity with a set of activities focused on Mendelian genetics. As your class learns about the process of passing traits along in Punnett squares, they take on the role of...

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Agriculture in the Classroom

Roll of the Genes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Animal reproduction in sheep and cattle is explored with the help of Punnet squares. Scholars employ tools using probability to conclude the color of wool a sheep's offspring will have. Acting as animal geneticists, pupils then take...

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl Matilda Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards

Fifty eye-catching pages contain six lessons about Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda. Each lesson has a theme and covers a different subject—literacy, social-emotional learning, science, and geography. Scholars analyze characters, examine...

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Agriculture in the Classroom

A Rafter of Turkeys

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

How did that turkey get from the early Aztec culture to your table? Learn about the history of wild and domesticated turkeys in North America, as well as their inclusion in Thanksgiving traditions, with a two-part agricultural science...

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PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Inherited Traits vs. Learned Behavior

For Students 3rd - 7th

Choose the picture that shows a learned behavior or an inherited trait.

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University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Traits Activities

For Students 3rd - 8th

A collection of genetic learning activities provides an engaging way to learn about traits, or better understand disease risk.

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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 4th - 5th Standards

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Field

For Students 3rd - 5th

A virtual lab that explores how offspring inherit different traits from their parents. Investigate these traits both in animals and plants. Understand that variations in offspring can lead to traits that allow survival. Lab includes...

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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

A simulation where students flip coins to mimic how parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through heredity. This activity also illustrates the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and how they interact with each...

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