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1 Sesame Street Genetics A Unit Using Muppets to Understand Genetics By Valerie Rogers

2 What will students learn? Trait Inheritance & Punnett Squares Genotypes/Phenotypes Heterozygous vs. Homozygous genotypes Dominant vs. Recessive Traits Incomplete Dominance Meiosis

3 Resources Science Voyages Textbook Internet Explorer Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Publisher

4 Project Components Muppet Karyotypes Phenotypes & Genotypes Meiosis Map Zygote Production Punnett Squares Family Portrait Essay/Creative Writing Sample

5 Multimedia Components Internet –Research process of Meiosis and Genetic Inheritance –Locate images & sounds Publisher Brochure or Newsletter –Individual/collaborativ e publication about essential learning. PowerPoint –Demonstrate understanding of how Muppets were genetically engineered. –Use of appropriate clip- art –Use internet sources to find additional information

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