A Study of Two Faces

A Study of Two Faces: Chart Activity Format Every Picture Tells a Story

Every Picture Tells a Story: A Study of Two Faces

Part 1. The Picture(s) of Your Subjects

(Picture(s): Use one picture of each person or one picture, which includes both of the people you are studying.)

Part 2. Chart of Common Traits

Traits in Common Dominant or Recessive 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 3. Subject Identification & Interview Data  Identify your two subjects.  Ask your subjects how they feel about your study of their traits.  Ask if they’ve ever wondered about the features they have in common.  Ask if they know what relative(s) their traits came from.  Come up with some interesting questions of your own.  Record your subjects’ responses in writing – narrative/story form.

Part 4. Reflection  Write a five-sentence paragraph about this activity using many of the genetic terms you’ve learned in class (ex. phenotype, traits, recessive, dominant, inherited, etc.) Be reflective. For example, What did you learn? What did you discover? What do you still wonder about?

Your name & core

Additional Information:  Use a piece of 11x17 construction paper held portrait-style for your poster. This paper will be provided in class. (If you forget to pick up the construction paper in class, you can use a half- sheet of oaktag/poster board. The size doesn’t have to be exact. No foamboard please!)  You may type or neatly write Parts 2, 3, and 4 on printer paper or loose-leaf and lightly paste them onto the poster paper. Don’t write directly on the poster paper. (I will provide printed sub-headings to “cut & paste” if you’d like to use them. You could neatly print your own, if you like.)  Write the title of the project in the center of the top of your poster.  Write your name and core on the lower right-hand corner of your project chart.  Make this a “fun” activity – something your family will enjoy as you work to complete it. You’re the geneticist!