Biology: Punnett Pea Predictor

Objectives

• Students will use a Punnett square simulation to predict phenotypic and genotypic ratios of F1 generation.
• Students will predict parental genotypes.
• Students will explain the relationship between Punnett squares and probability.

Vocabulary

• allele
• dominant
• genotype
• heterozygous
• homozygous
• phenotype
• Punnett square
• recessive

About the Lesson

This lesson allows students to explore patterns of genetic inheritance through a simulation.
As a result, students will:

• Manipulate Punnett squares to model the inheritance of height in pea plants.
• Predict genotypic and phenotypic ratios of offspring.

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