Sixth Grade Science Project
Second Quarter - Genetics Project

You will do the following project for your 4th quarter project. You will take 2 of the following characteristics and do a pedigree as far back as your grandparents on one side. It will be worth 20 points (10 points extra credit doing both sides).  If you can not do both sides due to size or unknown people, permission may be given to do 3 characteristics of the same side for extra credit.

 CHARACTERISTICS 

 1.     Free earlobes and attached earlobes

2.     Widow’s peak or no widow’s peak

3.     Hitchhiker thumb or straight thumb

4.     Rolled tongue or not rolled

5.     Dimples or no Dimples

6.     Long eye lashes or short eye lashes

7.     Freckles or no Freckles

The first form is dominant.        Are go to http://www.blinn.edu/socialscience/LDThomas/Feldman/Handouts/0203hand.htm

This project is due ____________________.

To make your pedigree use squares for males and circles for females.

Color it in if they have that characteristic.

Color it in if they have that characteristic.

Be sure to include all the siblings of the second and third generation.

or go to http://www.wsu.edu/~omoto/papers/figure3.html for other examples.

Answer the following when your pedigree is done. 

1. Dominate & Recessive Characteristics           2. Fraternal side, maternal side, or both.

3. First name of each person.                                4. Did you inherit it?