Grandma's Mysterious Plants

This lesson, which follows the Argument Driven Inquiry model of instruction, asks students to use a Pedigree and Punnett Squares to explain Grandma's mysterious plants. Given physical traits in a small population of plants, students determine which gene is dominant and if a specific group of plants is homozygous or heterozygous.
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Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: homozygous, heterozygous, Punnett Square, pedigree, genotype, phenotypes, FastPlants, alleles
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Instructional Design Framework(s): Argumentation
Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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