This workbook provides a simple introduction to genetics topics of heredity and DNA. Children answer questions about their themselves such as hair and eye color, tongue rolling ability, freckles, etc. After they tally up their answers, they will discover if they have mostly dominant or recessive genes.

This can be a fun math activity for the whole class too - create a bar graph showing how many students have each trait. A bar graph page is included!

The workbook is simple enough for elementary students, but also fun for middle and high schoolers.

*Update November 2019: Bar graph page added!*

Total Pages

4 pages

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NGSSHS-LS3-1

Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring. Assessment does not include the phases of meiosis or the biochemical mechanism of specific steps in the process.

NGSS3-LS3-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. Patterns are the similarities and differences in traits shared between offspring and their parents, or among siblings. Emphasis is on organisms other than humans. Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

NGSS1-LS3-1

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. Examples of patterns could include features plants or animals share. Examples of observations could include leaves from the same kind of plant are the same shape but can differ in size; and, a particular breed of dog looks like its parents but is not exactly the same. Assessment does not include inheritance or animals that undergo metamorphosis or hybrids.

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