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In this biology activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners will determine whether they are "tasters" or "non-tasters", test selected individuals from their families and peer group for the trait, and chart

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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The purpose of this plant biotechnology activity is to demonstrate the effect of changes in the environment on the growth and fertility of landscape grasses and crop grasses such as wheat and rice.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners bake cookies by following different recipes to better understand genetic mutations. Everyone in the group bakes the same type of cookie: chocolate chip.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this genetics activity, learners create and decode a “DNA recipe” for a dog by randomly selecting strips of paper that represent DNA.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this game, learners cross off or color bingo squares in response to questions about their traits.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this bilingual (English/Spanish) activity, learners create family trees by tracing the hands of their family members.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate variations in human traits. This allows learners' natural curiosity about their identity to draw them into the study of heredity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 2 to 4 hours