Family Tree Science: Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight

In this week's spotlight: a pair of projects in honor of Father's Day and the science of family traits. In these hands-on genetics projects and activities, students investigate a family pedigree to see if they can determine whether traits are dominant or recessive. Do you and some (or all) of your family members share certain physical traits? Is a widow's peak passed down from generation to generation? Find out!

• Pedigree Analysis: A Family Tree of Traits (full Science Buddies Project Idea)
• Follow Family Traits with an Easy Tree (science activity at Scientific American)

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