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Learners use a simple process to extract DNA from strawberries.

In this activity (on pages 34-39), learners make a fairly detailed model of DNA using licorice and gumdrops.

In this activity, learners examine their fingerprints and learn that they can be categorized by shape, but each fingerprint is unique.

In this genetics activity, learners create and decode a “DNA recipe” for a dog by randomly selecting strips of paper that represent DNA.

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

In this game, learners cross off or color bingo squares in response to questions about their traits.

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.

In this bilingual (English/Spanish) activity, learners create family trees by tracing the hands of their family members.

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

In this game (on pages 14-21), learners explore how each human being inherits genetic traits such as eye color.

In this activity (on pages 22-33), learners do the kind of work genetic scientists do, sorting and comparing (images of) genetic material strands called chromosomes.

In this activity, learners create a necklace of wheat germ DNA. Learners add alcohol to wheat germ so that the DNA clumps together.

This activity (on pages 7-13) has pairs of learners survey an array of similarities and differences between them.

In this activity, learners play a matching game with their families to discover common inherited traits and traditions. Learners distinguish between inherited traits and learned traditions.