Mrs. Kells
7th Grade Science
Genetics Unit
Kansas Standards:
MS-LS3-2. Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in
offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring
with genetic variation.
Students will explore how traits are passed from parent to offspring.
Student will be able to define: homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive,
genotype, and phenotype.
Student will understand why there is a 50/50 chance of offspring being male or female.
Student is able to determine the genotype and phenotype of a given organism.
Student will show a monohybrid cross, using a Punnett Square, given information on the
genotype of phenotype of the organism.
Student will analyze their Punnett Square cross and determine the chance of producing a
specific phenotype and genotype.
Material/Resources:
Colored pencils
Monster Genetics Worksheet package
Writing utensil
Five sets of quarters (one painted pink to represent female parent/one painted blue to
represent male parent)
Anticipatory Set:
Instructional Input
Teacher will bring a student up to the front of the class for a demonstration. Student will
flip a coin to determine the sex of their monster offspring.
Students will also see a demonstration of two students flipping the blue and pink coins to
determine the genotype and phenotype of their monster offspring. (Example: pink
coin heads, blue coins tails. So, if you were flipping the coin to determine the face
shape, the genotype would be Rr (heterozygous), and the phenotype would be round.)
Guided Practice
Students will begin to work in groups, flipping the coins provided to determine the
genotype of their monster baby.
Students will work Monster Genetics Lab Questions as a class.
Closure
Now that students have determined the gene combinations, they can determine the
phenotype for their Baby Monster.
Independent Practice
Students will draw their phenotype of their Monster Baby creation as homework if not
finished in class.
Modifications