9 GENETIC INFORMATION IS PASSED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION OF ORGANISMS TO ANOTHER

Worksheet 6: Tongue rolling in family

WORKSHEET Workshop

Teaching aids:

  • Worksheet

Procedure:

The teacher gives the students the following order: “Which member of your family can roll her/his tongue and who can’t? Write it down!” The answers should be entered in the table. In addition, this order can be given as homework.

Can roll her/his tongueCan’t roll her/his tongue

The task should explain the inheritance of a phenotypic trait.

Besides, the teacher can adapt the task to the abilities of the students: If the children are familiar with it, they could draw a family tree. Or it can be introduced as a new concept and the students could edit it at school.