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Dr Gail Davies

Inheritance. Introducing Genetics. Dr Gail Davies. Similarities and Differences. Genetics is about similarities and differences Look at your neighbour what do they have the same as you and what is different? Think about how your family look. Are you more like them than your neighbour ?

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Dr Gail Davies

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  1. Inheritance Introducing Genetics Dr Gail Davies

  2. Similarities and Differences • Genetics is about similarities and differences • Look at your neighbour what do they have the same as you and what is different? • Think about how your family look. • Are you more like them than your neighbour? Why?

  3. DNA and Genes • DNA • DeoxyribonucleicAcid • Instructions • Language • Genes • Specific instructions • Words Knitting Patterns Lego

  4. Hand clasping is your left or right thumb on top?

  5. Geneticons • Alien population game • Create Geneticons • Have babies • Migrate

  6. Creating a Set of Geneticons • Characteristics • Body shape • How they move • Eyes • Nose colour • Male or female • Each characteristic has 6 possible options • Roll a die to see which gene your Geneticon has inherited • Make a minimum of 4 Geneticons each

  7. Geneticon Dating Agency • Love is in the air • Each Geneticon has found a partner • It is time to have babies • Flip a coin to see if the baby inherits Mum or Dad’s gene • Heads it gets Mum’s gene • Tails it gets Dad’s gene

  8. Genesville Mayor Announces Baby Competition Calling all proud parents Do you have the cutest baby? Do you have the ugliest baby? Get your entry forms and enter now

  9. Genesville Baby Competition Entry Form • Ugly Baby • Please copy your Geneticon baby entry here • Name of Baby • Cute Baby • Please copy your Geneticon baby entry here • Name of Baby

  10. Genesville Overcrowded • Time to move on • Which region are your Geneticons going to?

  11. Did Your Geneticons Survive? • How well suited were your Geneticons to their new surroundings? • Give yourself 5 points for every Geneticon that survived • Give yourself 2 points for every advantageous feature your Geneticon has • Remember a dead Geneticon can’t have any points • What do you think would happen if your surviving Geneticons had babies?

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