Sesame Street
Genetics
A Unit Using Muppets to Understand
Genetics
By Valerie Rogers
What will students
learn?
• Trait Inheritance & Punnett Squares
• Genotypes/Phenotypes
• Heterozygous vs. Homozygous genotypes
• Dominant vs. Recessive Traits
• Incomplete Dominance
• Meiosis
Resources
• Science Voyages Textbook
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Publisher
Project Components
• Muppet Karyotypes
• Phenotypes & Genotypes
• Meiosis Map
• Zygote Production
• Punnett Squares
• Family Portrait
• Essay/Creative Writing Sample
Multimedia Components
• Internet • PowerPoint
– Research process of Meiosis and – Demonstrate understanding
Genetic Inheritance of how Muppets were
– Locate images & sounds genetically engineered.
• Publisher Brochure or – Use of appropriate clip-art
Newsletter – Use internet sources to find
additional information
– Individual/collaborative
publication about essential
learning.