Cool and colorful dragons liven up genetics lessons.
- All necessary materials for a popular activity included
- Pre- and post-laboratory assessments
- Links to real world concepts
- Aligned to NGSS standards (MS: LS3)
Using dragons of various shapes and sizes, students learn about dominant alleles, phenotypes, and other fundamentals of genetics. There are 169 possible dragon results of the provided crosses and nine activities leading students through fertilization, alleles chromosomes, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype-phenotype dominant recessive, and much more. Includes instructions and materials for 15 setups.
The kit is also available for purchase with a link to a NewPath digital lesson, which includes a variety of resources on the topic, including background information, illustrations and self-assessments.
Ordering information: Kit contents include: 3" plastic eggs, 2" plastic eggs, ribbon, taste paper, sheets of chromosomes, colored transparencies, and color poster.