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Sesame Street Genetics

Sesame Street Genetics. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?. What if Zoe and Elmo fell in love, got married and had a baby? What would their baby look like? Why do children look like their parents? Why do children have some traits of each parent?

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Sesame Street Genetics

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  1. Sesame Street Genetics

  2. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED? • What if Zoe and Elmo fell in love, got married and had a baby? • What would their baby look like? • Why do children look like their parents? • Why do children have some traits of each parent? • What exactly do parents pass to their children? • How do parents pass traits to their children?

  3. YOU AS THE APPRENTICE • Now that you have learned about genetics, you will get to apply all the concepts as apprentices to Geneticist- Cote

  4. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO…. • Observe Genetic Characteristics of our Sesame characters • Complete Going to the Chapel ( Sesame Street Couples) worksheet • Complete Sesame Street Punnett Squares • Draw Family Pedigree. • Draw family portraits. Write an introduction.

  5. YOU WILL … • Work in Groups of two • Be assigned a sesame couple • Complete Worksheets together • Be asked to evaluate your performance individually and as a group

  6. GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN !! Remember to ask questions….

  7. Cast of Characters GROVER Heterozygous for toes and fingers

  8. Cast of Characters ELMO-Boy Homozygous for eyes/Heterozygous for toes and fingers

  9. Cast of Characters ZOE Heterozygous for hair and eyes/Homozygous for toes and fingers

  10. Cast of Characters TELLY-Boy Heterozygous for eyes/Homozygous for toes and fingers

  11. Cast of Characters HONKER-Girl Heterozygous for hair, eye, toes and fingers.

  12. Cast of Characters ROSITA-girl Heterozygous for hair and eyes/homozygous for toes and fingers

  13. Cast of Characters COOKIE MONSTER- Boy Heterozygous for eyes, toes and finger.

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