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Life Science 2c- From Parents to Young -Traits Bulletin Board

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners recognize what traits are inherited. In this inherited traits bulletin board lesson, students complete a chart showing what traits they have inherited and from whom.
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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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Taster of Non-Taster?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate their own inherited traits by using taste papers. In this genetic traits instructional activity, students test their ability to taste various substances, which is determined by inherited genetic traits. They take...
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Trait Variations for Survival

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young learners examine how different traits could give one organism an advantage over another. In groups, they view two different organisms in different environments. To end the lesson, they complete a Venn Diagram on the two organisms...
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Exploring Human Traits

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore human behavior by participating in a class science game. In this human characteristics lesson, students identify different human traits that are passed down by each generation and the purpose each of them have. Learners...
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Applying the Laws of Inheritance

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Biology and mathematics can be integrated through a study of Mendelian Genetics.
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Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify inherited traits. In this heredity instructional activity, students watch a video and construct a genetic description of themselves.
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How Do Organisms Inherit Traits

For Students 4th - 8th
In this traits worksheet, students will write down 2 facts about how traits are inherited and then come to a conclusion based on their facts. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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EMS Lesson 1: Variety is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discern that dominant and recessive traits occur in a variety of combinations in any given group of people.
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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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Taster or Non-Taster?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students conduct a simple experiment to determine if a trait has been passed from a family member to them.
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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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EMS Lesson 2: Outrageous Offspring

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the principles of probability that can be used to predict hereditary traits.
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Nature and Nurture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students look into the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits. They examine how genes and the environment affect personality
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Who am I and Why?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners make comparisons about themselves and others, which are real and meaningful. They study some basic concepts in the area of genetics and do a complimentary series of experiments, or explorations that illustrate these concepts
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Nature And Nurture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop an understanding of the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits. Using a website, students answer questions about nature and nurture in order to solve the riddle, What do you call a smart...
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Critters in Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify various animals and their habitats, as well as their specific traits In this animal habitat lesson, students list animals they've seen in their backyard. Students select one animal and do research. Students then answer...
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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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Preying on Beans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act as predators searching for prey (beans) in two different settings to demonstrate the processes of adaptation and selection.
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A Bugs Life: Diary of an Insect's Metamorphosis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play games to learn about the life stages and metamorphosis of different insects. In this insects lesson plan, students discuss the life of insects, and then play matching, vocabulary, and memory games.
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Mealworm Metamorphosis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe offspring (mealworms) that do not initially resemble their parent organism (darkling beetles) throughout complete metamorphosis. They also create and maintain an appropriate habitat for the mealworms.
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Exploring Learned and Innate Behavior

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Compare and contrast learned and innate behaviors between humans and primates. Your biology class members read articles and participate in discussions about the use of tools and communication methods. That's about it, you'll probably...
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Chalkboard Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here's a terrific Jeopardy-style game that's designed for 3rd and 4th grade students of science. The topics include living things, animals, plants, matter, and "hodge-podge." The questions are all age appropriate, and there is an...
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All in the (Insect) Family

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in a series of activities in order to explore the diversity of insects. They explore how insects are grouped and categorized.

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