A JOURNEY TO EXPLORE INHERITED TRAITS.

ENGAGE 3.10B

Where do I get my spots, my stripes, my curly hair?

TRAITS ARE CHARACTERISTICS

TRAITS ARE WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE ANIMAL

What is a trait?

What is a trait?

Traits are things like Stripes Brown fur Eight legs Two eyes Floppy ears …and so on

What is a trait?

If traits are characteristics that we can see…

What are some traits these animals have?

Where do traits come from?

For instance, this puppy

does not look like the adult

dog!

Where do traits come from?

Traits are inherited.

Where do traits come from?

So what do their parents

look like?

Parents will have similar traits…

The parents will have similar

traits that are passed on to

their offspring!

SO WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE…

Now that we know that traits are inherited from parents.

LET’S IDENTIFY SOME INHERITED TRAITS!

REMEMBER, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SEE THEM…LET’S

GO!

Now that we know that traits are inherited from parents.

Identify some inherited traits.

What will the parents pass along to the offspring?

Identify some inherited traits.

What will the parents pass along to the offspring?

Fins

Blue Color

Tail

Identify some inherited traits.

What will the parents pass along to the offspring?

What else?

Identify some inherited traits:

Identify some inherited traits:

Claws

Tail

Scales

Identify some inherited traits:

What else??

Identify some inherited traits:

What will the parent pass along to the offspring?

Now YOU identify traits you can see that will be passed on from parent to offspring.

Identify some inherited traits:

What will the parent pass along to the offspring?

NOW YOU KNOW THAT PARENTS PASS TRAITS ON

TO THEIR OFFSPRING.

Inherited Traits

CAN YOU NAME A FEW THAT YOU SEE?

Inherited Traits