The “Genetically Speaking” task requires students to read and respond to other students’ ideas about the relationship between genes, chromosomes, and traits. This PDF contains one blackline master of the task.
Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
Sam Kean
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- Type: PDF
- Audience: For teachers & coaches
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