Introduce young biologists to monohybrid crosses and simple Punnett Squares. It includes explanations of dominant versus recessive and genotype versus phenotype by exploring different genetic combinations of guinea pigs. 

Concepts

alleles, punnett squares, dominant traits, recessive traits, genotypes, homozygosity, phenotypes

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• The publisher's website has handouts and worksheets aligned to the video

Classroom Considerations

• Recommended prior knowledge includes ratios, percent, or probabilities
• Video is a great introduction to basic Punnett squares
• The 15th video in a series of 33

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Engaging cartoon graphics are accurate and easy to follow
• Moderation of comments prevents bad language

Cons

• None