Making Babies Science Worksheets (Page 2 of 7) in pdf

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If you are heterozygous (one capital letter and one lowercase letter), then you MUST

flip a coin to determine which allele your kid will get. If the coin lands on Heads, then

write the dominant allele on the egg/sperm chart. If the coin lands on Tails, then

write the recessive allele on the egg/sperm chart.

You will make two (2) copies of your egg/sperm — one is to keep for your kid; one is to

give away to place in an egg or sperm bank. Put identical information on both columns.

Cut out gamete 2 from your egg or sperm charts and bring it to the Egg Bank or the Sperm

Bank.

Get a sperm or egg from the other bank a go back to your seat.

Paste the egg/sperm that you just picked up from the bank on the page called "My Baby".

Figure out the phenotype (how your baby will look) from the now-complete genotype. Use

the Master chart again for help.

10. Draw a picture of the lil' nipper with the appropriate characteristics and then make out your

birth announcement and share with all your friends and loved ones...

11. Hand in the following charts:

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Egg/Sperm Chart,

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My Baby Chart, and

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Birth Notice

EXTRA CREDIT: Using the same procedure as before, determine the gamete chromosome for

your F1 generation and list this in the data table.

12. Repeat steps 2 - 10 for your baby's egg/sperm.

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