February 25

Meiosis Trait Comparison Activity: "Just Like Me" 🧬

In this activity, you explored how common or unique certain inherited traits are within your class. This helped us connect meiosis and genetic variation to real-world traits!

📌 What You Did:

1️⃣ Surveyed Your Own Traits

• Identified your phenotypes (observable traits) for characteristics like:

  • Hair & eye color

  • Widow’s peak or no widow’s peak

  • Dimples, freckles, and cleft chin

  • Attached or unattached earlobes

  • Tongue rolling ability

2️⃣ Collected Class Data

• Surveyed classmates to see how many shared your traits.

• Recorded results in a data table.

3️⃣ Created a Bar Graph 📊

• Visualized how common or rare certain traits are in the class.

4️⃣ Analyzed & Discussed Results

• Compared predictions to actual data.

• Answered questions about how unique genetic combinations are.

• Considered the chances of finding someone with identical traits in the class, school, or even the world!

🔬 Why This Matters:

Meiosis creates genetic diversity, which explains why siblings don’t look identical and why everyone has a unique combination of traits! This variation is important for evolution, adaptation, and species survival.

✅ Great job analyzing genetic variation in your own class! Keep thinking about how meiosis influences the traits we inherit. 🔬✨