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An Inventory of My Traits
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In this genetics meets math activity, learners take inventories of their own easily-observable genetic traits and compare those inventories with other learners in groups.

How to Extract DNA From Anything Living
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In this genetics activity, learners discover how to extract DNA from green split peas.

What's the Risk?
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To discover the risk and protective factors involved in substance addiction, learners play a game of chance to determine whether a fictitious child is likely or unlikely to abuse drugs.

A Tree of Genetic Traits
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Learners mark their traits for tongue rolling, PTC tasting (a harmless, bitter chemical), and earlobe attachment on tree leaf cut-outs.

Generations of Traits
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In this hands-on activity, learners track and record the passage of colored "pompom traits" through three generations of gingerbread people.

Pick the Risk: The Polygenic Pedigree Challenge
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In this activity, learners are challenged to track and record the passage of colored pom poms (representing genes) through generations of a family using a pedigree.