Otter's Science Curriculum Week 3
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Read to Learn |
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Gene Machines (Enjoy Your Cells, 4) or continue with
Baa!: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Genes and Cloning (Mysterious You) |
p. 3-7 | p. 8-17
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p. 18-25 When the book talks about the similarities between genes, you can mention how God used the same design for most of creation. p. 23 Skip the last small paragraph.
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p.26-31 p. 30 Put black marker over the evolutionary content. p. 31 Explain you are different because that is how God designed you. It's not a mystery! ;-) |
Experiments, Activity Books & Kits |
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Movies |
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| BrainPop.com | Twins | Dolly the Sheep | ||
| United Streaming PLUS | The Power of Genes (55:59) | The Clone Age (52:00) | ||
| Free movies online | Nova online: Epigenetics |
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Workbooks /Cut & Paste Model books |
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P.80-81 Check the boxes next to the pictures that show recessive and dominant traits. Can you curl your tongue? Do you have freckles? Etc. |
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Free Printables |
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Websites to Visit and Online Activities |
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Click here for animated genes and chromosome movies and interactive learning activities.
American Museum of Natural History genetics activities What color eyes will your children have? interactive eye calculator - This was pretty fun! I found out we have a 35% chance of having a baby w/ blue eyes, a 50% chance of brown and a 15% chance of green! Genetic games -Help the Melonhead family decide what genes baby Melvins should get and other fun games. |
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