Parent:______________________________ Year and Section:____________

Child’s Gender:________ Chlid’s name:____________________________

Objective: To demonstrate the principle of mendelian genetics using a simulation

Materials: 2 coins
The Genetics of Parenthood Guidebook
Pens/crayons
Procedure:
1. Determine your baby’s gender
Head = X chromosome, so the child is a GIRL
Tails = Y chromosome, so the child is a BOY
Fill in the results on your data sheet.
2. Name the child ( first and middle name ; last name.
3. Flip 2 coins to determine the phenotype, Head (HH,Hh) is thedominant gene. Tail (hh) is the recessive gene.
4. Using the information below, look up and record the child’s phenotype on the data sheet.
5. When the data sheet is completed, draw your child’s portrait as he/she would look as a teenager. You must include the traits as determined by the
coin tossing. Write your child’s full name on the portrait.
TRAIT PHENOTYPE GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE GENOTYPE
1. FACE SHAPE ROUND AA, Aa
SQUARE aa
2. CHIN SIZE VERY PROMINENT BB, Bb
LESS PROMINENT bb
3.CHIN SHAPE ROUND CC, Cc
SQUARE cc
4. CLEFT CHIN PRESENT DD, Dd
ABSENT dd
5. HAIR COLOR BLACK EE
DARK BROWN Ee
BLOND ee
6. HAIR TYPE CURLY FF
WAVY Ff
STRAIGHT ff
7. WIDOW’S PEAK PRESENT GG, Gg
ABSENT gg
8. EYE COLOR BLACK HH
DARK BROWN Hh
BROWN hh
9. EYE DISTANCE CLOSE II
AVERAGE Ii
FAR APART ii
10. EYE SIZE LARGE JJ
MEDIUM Jj
SMALL jj
11. EYE SHAPE ALMOND KK,Kk
ROUND kk
12. EYE SLANTEDNESS HORIZONTAL LL,Ll
UPWARD ll
13. EYELASHES LONG MM,Mm
SHORT mm
14. EYEBROW COLOR DARKER THAN HAIR NN
SAME AS HAIR Nn
LIGHTER THAN HAIR nn
15. EYEBROW THICKNESS BUSHY OO,Oo
FINE oo
16. EYEBROW LENGTH NOT CONNECTED PP,Pp
CONNECTED pp
17. MOUTH SIZE LONG QQ
MEDIUM Qq
SHORT qq
18. LIP THICKNESS THICK RR, Rr
THIN rr
19. DIMPLES PRESENT SS, Ss
ABSENT ss
20. NOSE SIZE LARGE TT
MEDIUM Tt
SMALL tt
21. NOSE SHAPE ROUNDED UU, Uu
POINTED uu
22. NOSTRIL SHAPE ROUNDED VV,Vv
POINTED vv
23. EARLOBE ATTACHMENT FREE WW, Ww
ATTACHED ww
24. FRECKLES ON CHEEKS PRESENT XX,Xx
ABSENT xx
25. FRECKLES ON FOREHEAD PRESENT YY,Yy
ABSENT yy