In this activity, students modeled principles of inheritance and reviewed meiosis by simulating the separation of homologous chromosomes and the fertilization of gametes to create unique baby dragons. Adapted from an activity provided to my by my mentoring teacher, Rob Feigle-Stickles, Science Teacher at Nathan Hale High School, in Seattle, WA.
Pedigrees
In this activity, students employed critical thinking skills to interpret pedigrees of the Royal family. This piece of work was adapted for ELL and Introductory Biology Students from: the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. Hemophilia: “The Royal Disease” by Yelena Aronova-Tiuntseva and Clyde Freeman Herreid, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.