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Heredity and Punnett Squares Activities for Middle School Science

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Use this unit to help teach your class about heredity and Punnett Squares!

Students will love the game on random traits with monsters that is included! This is a low-prep unit, and all you need to play the game is a paperclip and a pencil.

monster game with Punnett squares

In this unit, students will use Punnett Squares to determine percentages of probably phenotypes in offspring.

Your download includes a heredity and punnett square slide show, follow-up pages with Punnett Square practice, the monster Punnett Square activities, and answer keys for everything.

Heredity and Punnett squares

With over 60 slides and pages, this unit will take your class about four days to complete.

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This is a standards-aligned unit!

Using this unit, you can be sure you’re covering MS LS3-2 and Utah SEEd 7.4.1.

MS LS3-2: Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Utah SEEd 7.4.1: Develop and use a model to explain the effect that different types of reproduction have on genetic variation, including asexual and sexual reproduction.

Punnett Square Practice

I used this for review and practice. My 8th graders should already know this information, but with the pandemic, they seemed to have missed it entirely. This was a fun and easy way to catch them up in this area without being too babyish.

Kayla S.
Heredity and Punnett square practice

Great for practice and review of Punnett squares and heredity/genetics. Students loved the Monster Spinning activity and the worksheets were really helpful.

Misty B.
Heredity vocabulary activity

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I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!

 
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Tina S

I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!   Science and Engineering Practices Distance Education Unit
The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!

 
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Richard S

The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!   Structure and Function NGSS 4-LS1-1 and 4-LS1-2
As always, Lynda provides perfect alignment with the standards.

 
Age of the Earth and Geologic Time Scale NGSS MS ESS1-4

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Sharon M

As always, Lynda provides perfect alignment with the standards.   Age of the Earth and Geologic Time Scale NGSS MS ESS1-4
Thank you so much for creating this resource! It is such a fun and engaging activity for my students, especially during distance learning.

 
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Thank you so much for creating this resource! It is such a fun and engaging activity for my students, especially during distance learning.   Honey Bee Digital Escape Distance Learning
My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.

 
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Heidi J

My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.   Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer
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