| Simulate the color of pea plants in Gregor Mendel's garden to investigate recessive genes. |
An Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel was watching his garden grow in the mid-1800s. He became intrigued by diffences in traits of his pea plants, such as shapes of pods, color of the peas, color of the pods and heights of the plants. Some traits seemed to occur more frequently in the ten years he observed his plants. His discovery can be called the "Law of Independent Assortment" - the nature of dominant and recessive genes.
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| In sexual reproduction - be it in plants or people - each parent passes on half their genes to their offspring. Which half is a chance occurrence and had lead to all the diversity we can see around us. Whether you're tall or short - or yellow or green in color - can seem like a roll of the dice, for instance. |
With our unique kit, it is a roll of the dice. Dice that you construct, label, color and roll.
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| Kit contains: |
| • Two perforated four-sided dice diagrams on sturdy card stock with interlocking tabs |
| • Green and yellow colored pencils |
| • Comprehensive instructions including Student Journal pages |
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| Applications: |
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•Create Punnett sqaures for one-trait crosses
•Discover the ratios for dominant versus recessive traits
•Make predictions based on these ratios |
| Meets National science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy |
