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The trick to taking the fear out of science is helping students find the science in their daily lives.

Science is the reason why we add salt to the roads when snow is in the forecast.  It’s the reason why the arrival of cold temperatures coincides with low tire pressure in our cars . Science explains why salt dissolves in room temperature water while sugar doesn’t and is even the reason why some people sneeze when going outdoors from a dark room on a sunshiny day. 

Anytime you can help students relate science to things they understand and care about, you remove one more barrier to learning.

Take learning about DNA and genetics, for instance.  What good is it if a student understands how DNA base pairing works and can recite all of the steps of mitosis if they never understand how DNA relates to their daily lives?

The solution?  Help them understand how DNA has shaped their family by constructing a family pedigree. 

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What is a Pedigree?

While a pedigree may resemble a simple family tree, it contains more information.  Specifically, a pedigree allows you to track how a particular genetic trait has been passed down through several family generations.

Scientists use pedigrees to study how certain genetic traits are inherited, and to predict how a trait may be passed on to future generations.

A pedigree tracing the gene for hemophilia in the royal family

The really cool thing about a pedigree is that it is a tool that allows you to use an individual’s phenotype—the outward expression of a trait, to determine that individual’s genotype—what genes they possess.

What do I mean by that?  Let me explain.

You already know that, for the most part, your observable traits are controlled by your genes .  Often, more than one allele exists for a given gene. When more than one allele for a gene exists, one allele will be dominant over other alleles.  

This is the case with eye color*.  

What color eyes do you have?  Brown? Blue? Green? Hazel? Your eye color is your phenotype—the outward expression of the genes you possess for eye color.  The actual genes you possess is known as your genotype.

The allele for brown eyes (which we will designate B) is dominant over the allele for blue eyes (which we will designate b).  Since we have two copies of every gene (one copy inherited from each parent during conception), we have two possible alleles for eye color.  

A person with two copies of the brown eye allele (BB) will have brown eyes, while a person with two copies of the blue eye allele (bb) will have blue eyes.  What color eyes will a person with one brown eye allele and one blue eye allele have (Bb)? They will have brown eyes. Why? Because having just a single copy of the dominant brown eye allele will mask expression from the recessive blue eye allele.

Our eye color (phenotype) depends on what gene alleles we possess (our genotype)

In this example, there are two different eye color phenotypes:  blue and brown. But there are three possible genotypes (BB, Bb, bb).

While it is possible with commercial DNA testing kits to determine your genotype, you may be able to determine what genotype you and your family members have based on your phenotypes using a pedigree.

How to Construct a Family Pedigree

Choose a trait.

There are many traits you could choose to construct your pedigree, and a lot will depend on your particular family.  

For instance, in my family, we have left-handed relatives on my side as well as my husband’s side.  The fact that my husband, my younger son, and I are all right-handed while my older son is left-handed made this trait an interesting one to investigate.

You’ll want to choose a trait that is readily-observable (or easily testable, like the ability to taste PTC ).  Traits like eye color or the presence of a cleft chin can be ascertained from pictures, so choosing these traits would allow you to include family members who are far away (or even those who have passed away).  

The more family members you are able to include, the more thorough your pedigree will be and the more information you will be able to glean from it. 

Collect Your Information

After you’ve chosen what trait to study, your next step is to make a list of all of the family members you wish to include in your pedigree.  In addition to yourself, you’ll want to include your parents and siblings. You can also include grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. If you’re really ambitious, you can include great-grandparents, great aunts and uncles, second cousins, etc.

Next, determine which version of the trait you’ve chosen that each family member in your list has.  For example, when I made my pedigree to trace how the gene for left-handedness was passed down through my family, I created a table like this.

A table of my family members and if they are right or left handed

Constructing Your Pedigree

While you are free to use whatever symbols you’d like, there are certain symbols that are universally used in pedigrees.  The beauty of using these symbols is that anyone can look at your pedigree and understand it.

Common symbols used in pedigrees and what they represent

Males are generally represented as squares and females with circles.  If a person displays the trait you have chosen, you will indicate that by coloring in the entire shape that represents them a solid color.  If the person doesn’t have that trait, you will leave their shape empty.

A horizontal line is used to indicate that two people are married, while a vertical line connects a child to his or her parents. 

Your next step is to begin drawing your pedigree on a blank piece of paper.  You might want to start with the symbol representing yourself. If you are part of the youngest generation that you will include in your pedigree  (i.e., you have no children, nieces, or nephews), you will probably want to place the symbol representing you towards the bottom center of your page. 

If you have brothers or sisters, draw their symbols beside you.  Once again, indicate whether or not they possess the trait you are tracking.  Remember to indicate that you are siblings using lines as shown in the figure of pedigree symbols above.

Next, add symbols for your parents above you, linked with lines as indicated in the above figure, and indicating whether or not they possess the trait.

Continue the process for the rest of the family members you wish to include.  

Here is the pedigree I constructed tracing left-handedness in my family.

A family pedigree tracing the left-handedness genetic trait

From my pedigree, you can see that not only is my older son left-handed, but so is my father and my husband’s father.

This pedigree is based on my family’s phenotype: their outward expression.  But based on this pedigree, I can actually determine some facts about the genotype of some of my family members.

Using Your Pedigree to “See Inside” Your Genes

This initial pedigree, coupled with an understanding of genetics, allows me to make some assumptions.  

The allele for left-handedness (which I will designate r)  is recessive. Knowing that, I know that my older son must have two copies of the left-handedness allele (rr).  Why? If he had even a single copy of the dominant allele for right-handedness, he would be right-handed. (By the same token, I also know that my father and my husband’s father both had two copies of the left-handedness allele.)

But how did my older son get two copies of the left-handed allele?  After all, my husband and I are both right-handed.  

My husband and I both must carry a copy of both alleles: the dominant allele for right-handedness (R) as well as the recessive allele for left-handedness.  Even a single copy of the dominant allele for right-handedness is enough to mask expression of the recessive left-handed allele. But, while we are phenotypically right-handed, we were both able to pass down the gene for left-handedness to our son.  With two copies of the left-handed gene—one from me and one from my husband—my older son is left-handed.

And where did my husband and I get our copies of the left-handed gene allele?  Looking at the pedigree, we see that both of our fathers were left handed. Our fathers both passed on a copy of the recessive allele while our mothers both gave us a copy of the dominant allele for right-handedness.  Both my husband and I must have the genotype Rr. Our phenotype—our outward expression of the trait—is that we are right handed. But we both carry a hidden copy of the recessive allele for left-handedness. We are considered “carriers” of the left-handed allele.

Using this logic, we can actually fill in some more information on my pedigree.  I will indicate individuals who carry a hidden copy of the recessive left-handed allele by coloring in half of the shape that represents them.

A more complete version of my family pedigree in which I have indicated which family members are carriers of the left-handed gene allele

You should see that I also designated my father’s parents as carriers of the left-handed allele.  Why? Because just like the case with my husband and me, the only way for two right-handed parents to produce a left-handed child is for them to carry a hidden copy of the left-handed allele (Rr).

It is possible that other members of my family have the carrier genotype too, but at this point, it’s impossible to know without more information.  

For instance, my younger son is right-handed.  There are two different genotypes that produce the right-handed phenotype: RR and Rr.  He could have inherited two copies of the dominant R allele, or he could have a single copy of the right-handed allele and a hidden copy of the recessive left-handed allele.  When he has children of his own (or even grandchildren), if any are left-handed, we will know that he is a carrier of the left-handed allele.

Genetic Traits You Could Use for a Family Pedigree

Depending on your family, there are many traits you could choose to construct your own pedigree.  Here are just a few:

Earlobe attachment

Attached versus free earlobes

Do your earlobes attach directly to the side of your head (attached) or do they hang free (unattached, or free)?  Free earlobes is the dominant trait while attached earlobes are recessive.

Bent pinkies

Bent versus straight pinkies

Place your hands in front of you, palms up, with your two pinkies touching side to side.  If the tips of your pinkies bend away from each other, you have bent pinkies, the dominant trait. If they don’t bend away from each other, you have straight pinkies, the recessive trait.

Hitchhiker’s thumb

Straight thumb versus hitchhiker's thumb

A strangely-named but easily determined trait is known as the hitchhiker’s thumb.  Observe your thumb as you give the “thumbs up” sign. If your thumb naturally bends back, you have hitchhiker’s thumb—a dominant trait.   If your thumb stays straight, you have the recessive trait.

Do you clasp your hands right over left or left over right?

Without thinking, clasp your hands in front of you.  Now look at your clasped hands. Which thumb is on top, your right thumb or your left?  Believe it or not, even this is determined by your genes! Clasping your hands with the left thumb on top is the dominant trait. However, if your right thumb was on top when you clasped your hands, you have the recessive trait.

Smooth chin versus cleft chin

Another observable genetic trait is the presence or absence of a cleft chin which appears as a small indentation. The cleft chin allele is dominant while a smooth chin is recessive.

Morton’s toe

If your second toe is longer than your big toe, you have Morton's toe

I don’t know who Morton was, but he’s got a strange trait named after him.  If your “big” toe is shorter than your second toe, you have what is known as Morton’s toe, a dominant trait.  If your second toe is shorter than your “big” toe, you have the recessive trait. 

Widow’s peak

Do you have a straight hairline or do you have widow's peak

If your hairline comes to a point at the center of your forehead, you have what is known as a widow’s peak.  The presence of a widow’s peak is a dominant trait, while a straight hairline is a recessive trait.  

Sun sneezing

Are you a sun sneezer

For some people, exposure to a bright light (like the sun) causes them to sneeze. Such individuals have been nicknamed “ sun sneezers ”.  The sun sneezing trait is dominant.

The ability to taste PTC

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PTC (Phenylthiocarbamide) is a harmless chemical with a peculiar property:  depending on what genes a person has, PTC can taste vastly different. 

Are you able to taste PTC

To some, PTC tastes extremely bitter. To others, PTC has no discernible taste at all. Other individuals describe the taste of PTC as mildly bitter.  The ability to taste PTC is a dominant trait, while the inability to taste PTC is recessive. Interestingly, people with a copy of both alleles have an intermediate phenotype:  to them, PTC tastes only mildly bitter. Learn more about the genetics of PTC here .

Other Ideas

If color-blindness or dyslexia run in your family, you could create a pedigree to trace these traits. You could also construct a pedigree of blood types (A+, O-, etc.). Of course, using these traits will require a bit more research on your part since the phenotypes associated with these traits can’t be determined by outward examination.

Creating a family pedigree is a great way to make DNA expression and genetics come alive for students. It’s just one way to take the fear out of science, and to demonstrate that science isn’t just something in a textbook.

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If your students want a better understanding of DNA and how it governs observable traits like the ones we’ve just discussed, check out my self-paced, online classes.

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In DNA: The Alphabet of Life , I cover the basics of DNA structure and function, and describe how genes are expressed through the processes of transcription and translation. I also explain how DNA mutations occur, and how they can lead to diseases such as sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, and cancer. Hands-on activities, videos, and instructions for experiments are included.

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In Genetics and Heredity , we explore how DNA is manifested as observable traits. Students learn the principles of Mendelian Genetics and learn how to use Punnett Squares to predict the outcome of genetic crosses. I also explain the other forms of inheritance, including sex-linked traits, the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA, incomplete dominance, codominance, and polygenic inheritance. A wealth of activities are included to give students opportunities for hands-on learning. Many examples of real-world genetics are given, including the genetics of calico cats, human blood types, cystic fibrosis, color blindness, and more.

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DNA expression, gene alleles, and heredity is something we study in my live, online biology class . If you’re looking for a fun, engaging science class for your high schooler that includes many opportunities for hands-on exploration, check out what I have to offer: High School Science Classes Taught by Dr. Kristin Moon

Learn how DNA has shaped your family by constructing a family pedigree.  Use your phenotype (your observable traits) to determine your genotype (what genes you carry)

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How to Make a Pedigree Chart Using Microsoft Word

Pedigree charts display information in a hierarchy, and are often used to show relationships, such as in genealogy trees and organization charts. You can create a pedigree chart in Microsoft Word using Microsoft Office SmartArt .

Step 1: Insert SmartArt Graphic

The Insert tab is next to the Home tab, and the SmartArt icon is between the Shapes and Chart icons.

Place your cursor in your document where you want the pedigree chart to be added.

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Select the Insert tab in the Office Ribbon and click the SmartArt icon in the Illustrations section of the Ribbon.

Step 2: Choose a Hierarchy Graphic

The Hierarchy category is in the center of the left pane of the Choose a SmartArt Graphic window.

Click the Hierarchy category, select the type of hierarchy chart you want from the list and press the OK button.

Step 3: Edit the Text of Each Item

A left-click on a shape selects the text in the shape.

Left-click on each shape to select the text in the shape, then type to enter or change the text.

Step 4: Format the Chart

To format the chart you may change the formatting of the entire chart at once or change the format of each shape individually.

Formatting the Entire Chart

The Change Colors option is on the left of the SmartArt Styles section of the Ribbon.

Select the Design tab in the SmartArt Tools area of the Office Ribbon, and select the format change you wish to make in the SmartArt Styles section of the ribbon.

Formatting Individual Shapes

The shape right-click menu includes options for to change or add shapes and hyperlinks and a Format Shape option at the bottom.

Right-click the individual shape you want to change and select Format Shape... in the right-click menu.

The shape format categories are displayed on the left of the Format Shape dialog box, and the options for each category are displayed on the right.

Select the formatting category you wish to change in the left pane and change the formatting options in the right pane. When you've finished making changes press the Close button.

Adding Shapes

The Add Shape sub-menu gives options to add a new shape after, before, above, or below the selected shape.

Right-click a shape in the pedigree chart, click Add Shape in the right-click menu and select an option from the Add Shape sub-menu.

Changing Shapes

When you create a new pedigree chart, the shapes in the chart will usually be some form of rectangles. You may change the shapes to circles, ovals or any other shape type supported by Word.

The Change Shape submenu offers over 100 different shapes to choose from.

Right-click the shape you want to change, click Change Shape in the right-click menu, and select the new shape from the Change Shape submenu.

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7 Fantastic Pedigree Chart Lesson Ideas for your Middle School Classroom!

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What do you do in your pedigree chart lesson? For middle school students, this is usually the first time that they hear what a pedigree chart is, and they will either love it or push it to the side.

I personally love to teach about pedigree charts because I absolutely love genetics. It’s an amazing and growing field. There’s a lot more to it than just memorizing symbols, and it can be so much more!

In this post, I want to share with you how to bring the WOW factor to your science classroom and teach your students about pedigree charts in a fun and engaging way that they will love.

First, I will share with you some ideas on how to get your students engaged before you dive into the content, then I will share with you a lesson that can be an engaging way to teach the material, and finally I will share some ideas on how you can widen their knowledge on the topic.

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Engaging WONDER Strategies for your Pedigree Chart Lesson Plan

To bring that WOW factor to your science classroom, one of the first things that you have to do is engage your students in the topic and get them intrinsically motivated to learn what you are teaching. You have to help them to wonder. Pedigree charts are a very interesting topic, and can be dry if you let it, but it doesn’t have to be!

I have 3 ideas to engage your students in this awesome genetics topic. You can choose which fits best for your classroom.

Pedigree Chart Symbol Discovery

This is an inquiry-based activity where your students have the opportunity to “guess” what all of these symbols even mean!

Don’t give too much away in the “wonder” stage of the lesson, but in this case, you can tell them that a pedigree chart uses symbols to represent people to show the inheritance of a single trait over generations.

That’s all that you have to let them know! It’s like a family tree that traces a genetic trait.

Then, you can put them in groups with cards such as circles, squares, vertical lines, horizontal lines, shaded shapes, shapes that are not shaded, and so on. It’s up to you how far into it you’d like to get.

You can either have them to just guess what those symbols could be, or you can have some cards that they could match it with.

Don’t tell them if they are right or not. They are WONDERING. Time to move on to the lesson!

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Post-It Notes Genetics Discussions

Post-It notes are a great way to get each and every one of your students engaged in the topic. It’s also a great way to view the prior knowledge, start good conversations, and address misconceptions.

So, what you do is give each of your students a post-it note and ask a question. They will write the answer down and then carry it to wherever you wish.

You can then call out some of the answers, see if there are any patterns, and have some good conversations.

So, what are some good questions to ask your students before teaching about pedigree charts?

  • What does inheritance mean?
  • Do you know of any genetic disorders? What is it? Explain.
  • What are traits?
  • What is the difference between an inherited trait and an acquired trait?
  • Do you know what a pedigree chart is? What are pedigree charts used for?

Your question can be anything that ties to the lesson. What would your students be most interested in answering?

Geneticist Guest Speaker

Guest speakers are wonderful. I repeat, guest speakers are wonderful!

I will say that there have been times where the speakers were not used to speaking to a middle school audience; however, I’ve had some great ones as well.

Before learning about pedigree charts, it would be so good to get a local geneticist or even someone who is willing to come over the webcam.

They can share all of their knowledge about inherited traits, pedigree charts, and much more! You can have your students write down questions beforehand that they may have.

I will give one piece of advice to you if you’ve never had a guest speaker. Give your students something to do. One example that you can use is while the speaker is speaking, have your students write down 3 interesting things, 2 new things that they learned, and 1 question that they may have.

Pedigree Charts Explained – Overcome the Overwhelm with this Lesson

Hopefully you can prevent some overwhelm of information before you even share the content with your students. Their brains should be ready, and interactive lessons are the perfect way to continue this pattern.

Interactive lessons are created for the purpose of reducing student cognitive load by breaking information down into chunks with embedded interactive activities that help students process the information. There are also other research-based strategies included such as sorting, highlighting important information, and keeping relative pictures and text together.

How do pedigree charts work? This pedigree charts interactive lesson is a perfect addition to help your students with understanding pedigree charts. It is a great pedigree chart tutorial.

This lesson answers the question, “What is the purpose of a pedigree chart?”. In addition, it covers symbols in pedigree charts, individuals, determining genotypes, autosomal and sex-linked traits, homozygous and heterozygous, and more!

Students can participate in answer in the text box activities, drag-and drop genotypes, and more! This is a great way for students to get their pedigree chart notes.

You can also find this on TPT.

Should You Use Pedigree Charts Worksheets?

So, I’m not a huge fan of worksheets all of the time, but they have their place. I think that this topic is one of those where practicing on a worksheet is useful, but guess what? I think that there are also other ways to widen student knowledge so they can broaden what they have learned already about this fun topic.

Here are 3 ideas that you can take with you that give you an alternate assignment besides using a worksheet.

Tell a Story

This was one of my favorite things to do with my students right after my pedigree lesson. I would pull up a random pedigree chart, and I’d pick a student from the class to tell me a story about that pedigree chart. It was SO much fun.

They would start off something like this. Bob and Sally got married and had 2 sons and 1 daughter named Bobby, Joe, and Anna Lee…. Then they would carry on through generations and also speak about the trait that is being traced through the chart.

I would allow as many students to do this that wanted to as time allowed. They have a ball using their creativity to do this, and they also love to hear stories that their classmates share.

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Want something like a worksheet, but just need something different? I love task cards. There are so many ways to use them in your classroom .

These pedigree charts task cards have so many pedigree charts examples and questions about them. They cover the definition, why are pedigrees useful, homozygous and heterozygous, phenotypes, and genotypes, and more!

They help students answer question such as:

  • Which pedigree symbol is used to represent a person that has the trait?
  • In a pedigree a ___________________ line represents a cross/marriage.
  • How many boys are in the pedigree?

There are 24 task cards in this set and an answer sheet, along with an answer key, are included.

Task cards are great for early finishers, review, RTI, science centers, and more. I love that it allows my students to get out of their seat and get some of those middle school wiggle out.

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Have Students Create Their Own Chart

Usually, after I teach about pedigree charts, I go right into genetic variations and genetic disorders . It helps to tie in what they learned about traits. Once they have a good understanding of these topics, they can create their own pedigree chart to show off.

Have your students either work individually, in partners, or in groups to research a genetic disorder and create a pedigree chart to represent a family with that disorder. This will really take some research and understanding of dominant and recessive traits. They can really learn a lot with this!

Students can look up a famous family, whether real or fictional such as the royal family, Harry Potter’s family, superheroes , or they can just make one up!

They can choose a trait of their choice and make a pedigree.

This can be challenging for some, but  lot of fun, and students are given choice.

You can make it a big deal! Give prizes for those they have the most creative pedigree chart and for the one with the most accurate. You can also tell your students that these will be displayed in the hallway, so they should really do their best!

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Objective: Genetics follows certain rules, as illustrated by punnet squares, principles of dominance and recessiveness, and rules related to the location of alleles on the chromosomes. In animals, such as mouse, certain traits are expressed in predictable ways. In this project, you are going to design your own imaginary species, and create traits for the species that follow genetic rules that you have already studied.

  • 2 Single-allele traits
  • 1 Codominant trait (or incomplete dominance)
  • 1 Multiple allele trait
  • 1 Sex linked trait

Your final project should have the following elements:

1. Describe or sketch each of the traits from the list, listing genotypes and phenotypes for each.

Partial sketches are fine in this case.

2. Sketch two examples of your creature – one male and one female. The two examples must have different genotypes.

Each sketch should have the genotype listed for all traits.

3. Pick one of your single allele traits and create a sample pedigree for your creature.

The pedigree should include at least 4 generations.

4. Show a dihybrid cross (using your 2 single allele traits—ex: AaBb x AaBb)

List the phenotypic ratios.

5. Create 5 practice problems, using any of the traits.

These should be word problems. Do not just write Aa x Aa.

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How to Teach Pedigree Charts – Lesson Activities

Two words – pedigree charts. 

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This is easily my favorite part of biology and the bread and butter to my genetics unit. I just find them so interesting. 

While it is one of my favorite lessons, I have students who find these diagrams difficult to read and interpret. 

However, if this topic is scaffolded and taught sequentially, students will find this topic to be engaging and accessible! 

Let’s begin our journey into how to teach pedigree charts.

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1 – Let Students Self-Explore Pedigree Charts

First, figure out what your students know (or don’t know).

It’s simple – give your students the independence to see what they can figure out about pedigrees on their own. 

To do this, give them a pedigree chart without a key and tell them this is a chart that shows the inheritance of a genetic trait. 

Instruct students to focus on the structure of the charts, identifying the relationships between individuals, and the symbols that are used. Ask them to write down what each part of it could be showing.

Then, what I’ll do is collect these answers to keep. Later on in the unit, I give it back to students and they can correct their own work. 

Talk about an opportunity for self-reflection and working on written constructive feedback. 

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By doing this, students will have a general idea of the structure of a pedigree chart, as well as sparking their curiosity and critical thinking skills. 

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2 – Take Notes of Pedigrees

Following the independent exploration of pedigree charts, guide students on taking notes about this topic. 

You should present the different parts of pedigrees and explain what each part is and its significance. 

Depending on your students, there are multiple ways to facilitate note-taking. Notes can be scaffolded with fill-in-the-blanks to ensure they get all of the vital information, or you can give them a blank pedigree to fully make their own. 

A way to do all of this is through Doodle Notes.

If you are new to Doodle Notes, hop on over to “ 4 Reasons You Need to Use Doodle Notes in Your Biology Lessons ” to see why I love them so much! 

I have created a set of Doodle Notes about pedigree charts . This set of Doodle Notes includes open response and scaffolded versions, which are perfect for differentiation among students.

No matter the format you use, be sure to emphasize the significance of accurate labeling and the benefits of including examples and explanations.

An image of a completed set of Doodle Notes. The Doodle Notes shows a completed pedigree with fill-in-the-blank notes.

3 – Build Pedigrees

After you have completed notes on the topic, let students build their own pedigrees. 

This will help them get very familiar with the symbols. 

For this type of activity, I like to use Google Slides where students can drag and drop the symbols into place with ease. I have found that this same activity done on pencil and paper can take AGES as some students will want to draw perfect circles/squares. 

You can provide students with hypothetical genetic scenarios or real-life case studies and ask students to create pedigrees based on that information. 

By incorporating this type of hands-on activity, you are allowing students to apply their knowledge, practice identifying patterns, and develop analytical skills. 

All good things. All good things. 

As students are working, be sure to provide feedback and facilitate discussions as students are working since this is still new. If you notice misconceptions, they must be clarified early on to prevent confusion later on in the unit.

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4 – Practice, Practice, Practice

I don’t know about you, but I have heard that you need to practice something in order to excel at it. 

In my opinion, pedigrees are not any different. 

You need to provide students with a lot of practice problems. As students work through beginner level problems, the problems can go more and more in depth, linking their knowledge of Mendelian inheritance and Punnett Squares to the pedigree charts. 

Once again, I suggest Google Slides due to time constraints. For instance, my interactive Google Slides activities have seven pedigree problems, and these get progressively more challenging.

As you create or decide what practice problems to give students, make sure they cover different genetic traits, as well as varying inheritance patterns. Some of these inheritance patterns can include autosomal dominant/recessive and X-linked traits. 

It would also be beneficial if you had students provide evidence and explanation for their pedigree placements of individuals. Not only does this aid in their analytical skills and deepen their understanding, but it is a literacy link as students can practice their sentence structure and justify their responses. 

An image of a computer showing a practice problem about pedigrees from a Google Slides activity.

5 – Build Their Own Pedigrees

Now the real fun begins. 

Up until this point, students have taken notes, built pedigrees based on background knowledge, and practiced. 

Let your students show off their creativity and allow them to build their own pedigree! 

This is a super fun activity for students and you will experience a lot of “ah-ha!” moments during this activity. 

I begin by asking them to come up with a superpower that can be inherited. They then create a pedigree chart for this and have to come up with at least 3 questions for their partner to be able to answer using the chart. 

I have embedded this into my Doodle Notes about pedigrees and have scaffolded it for students. 

Be sure to encourage students to consider various factors, such as possible carriers, and what form of inheritance they are following.

An image of a completed portion of Doodle Notes about pedigrees.This portion shows a part where students need to build their own pedigree based on a superpower.

6 – Take It a Step Further

After you have completed all of the basic activities, challenge your students. 

One way to challenge them is to require students to complete a research project. 

In this project, students would need to research the genetic history of a specific disorder or the trait of a specific famous family, if known. Students would then need to create the associated pedigree. 

Also – if you have extra time and a respectful class culture, you could go deeper into the symbols used on pedigree charts. 

The majority of pedigree charts tend to simplify sex as either male (XY) or female (XX), when in fact there can be more sex classifications than this, and many people do not identify with their designated sex at birth. 

There is an NSTA chart that is identity inclusive – you could project and discuss this with students. 

Again, I want to emphasize that this extension will only work within certain classrooms and with specific groups of students. 

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Learning Pedigrees Can be a Fun and Engaging Experience

I hope you find that, with these tips, you are feeling confident on how to teach pedigree charts!

Your students will quickly see how the topic of pedigrees are related to and affect their lives. 

You may even inspire one or more of your students to consider genetics as a career field in the future. It is such a great feeling  when you know you have inspired your students to pursue a career in Science. 

Before we part ways, I want to remind you that I have Pedigrees Doodle Notes and Pedigrees Google Slides activities in my shop. There is also a pedigrees bundle available for you, as well! 

I hope you have a wonderful day,

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You can identify how traits and diseases are passed from one generation to the next using the pedigree diagram template. Pedigree Diagrams are useful for doctors, veterinarians, farmers, and anyone else working with genes or interested in genetics.

What is a pedigree diagram?

A pedigree diagram is an advanced version of a family tree, that is commonly used to diagram relationships within family members. It shows how genetic traits and diseases are passed from one generation to the next. 

You can use a pedigree diagram to see which family members carry a certain trait, like a widow’s peak. Doctors use them to see how diseases are passed from parents to children. Farmers use it in husbandry to track traits in crops and animals. 

In a pedigree diagram, males are represented by squares; females by circles. Shaded symbols mean someone has a specific trait (e.g., dimples). Unshaded symbols mean an individual doesn’t have a specific trait. 

Benefits of pedigree diagrams

Pedigree diagrams can help doctors identify and diagnose diseases. 

For example, let’s say someone has a family history of heart disease. A pedigree diagram will tell us whether this individual is likely to have a heart condition. This can help doctors diagnose and treat patients faster, then provide better healthcare. 

In science, pedigree diagrams can help understand how traits are inherited. 

For example, dimples may pass from father to son in one family, and from mother to daughter in another. Blonde hair might pass from grandparents to grandchildren, but not from parents to children. Pedigree diagrams make patterns like these easy to identify.  

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Miro’s is the perfect starting point for a pedigree diagram. Get started by opening the template on this page and following the steps below. 

Add individuals to your pedigree diagram. Go with as many as you can — or as many as are relevant. Place older generations at the top and younger ones below them. 

Males are represented by squares. Females are represented by circles.

You can always use Miro to change symbols around later, so if you make a mistake, don’t worry. Just try to be as thorough as possible. 

Connect individuals using lines of marriage and descent. A straight horizontal line represents the marriage between two individuals.

Descent is represented by diagonal and vertical lines that connect a couple from an older generation to a younger individual. 

Add dates. This isn’t strictly necessary, but it can help keep track of individuals across generations.

Add dates of birth, death, and/or marriage lines to your pedigree diagram template. 

Use symbols to show which family members have or don’t have a specific trait.

For example, let’s say your pedigree diagram shows widow’s peaks. Family members who don’t have a widow’s peak will be represented by unshaded symbols. Family members who do have a widow’s peak will be represented by a shaded symbol. 

Once you’re ready to collaborate and receive feedback, use Miro to share your Pedigree diagrams. You may want to also create a family tree to share other details of your family.

Example of pedigree diagram

Let’s imagine the Smith family has a long history of diabetes. But, some members of the family develop the condition, while others don’t. 

We can use a pedigree diagram to see the pattern of inheritance, i.e., how the disease is passed from parent to child.

This can help us predict whether a given Smith family member has diabetes or will develop it in the future. 

How do you draw a Pedigree Diagram?

Open our Pedigree Diagram template. Map out a family tree using lines to show familial relationships. Once you’re done, identify individual genetic traits using Pedigree Diagram shapes and shading.

What do the symbols in a Pedigree Diagram mean?

A square represents a male; a circle indicates a female. Shaded shapes mean someone has a genetic trait. Unshaded shapes mean an individual doesn’t have a trait. A half-shaded shape means that someone carries a genetic trait without it being visible.

What is the purpose of a Pedigree Diagram?

A Pedigree Diagram is a family tree that shows how genes are passed from generation to generation. It can help us predict the likelihood of a child having a disease or trait, e.g., dimples or diabetes. It can also help us see how traits are passed from parents to children.

Is a circle male or female in Pedigree Diagrams?

In Pedigree Diagrams, a circle is always female. This is universal for all organisms, including trees and flowers. Males are represented by squares.

What do dark circles mean on a Pedigree Diagram?

A dark circle represents a female that has a visible genetic trait. For example, a woman who has her father’s blonde hair or her mother’s dimples might be represented by a dark circle.

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In Word, you can create a form that others can fill out and save or print.  To do this, you will start with baseline content in a document, potentially via a form template.  Then you can add content controls for elements such as check boxes, text boxes, date pickers, and drop-down lists. Optionally, these content controls can be linked to database information.  Following are the recommended action steps in sequence.  

Show the Developer tab

In Word, be sure you have the Developer tab displayed in the ribbon.  (See how here:  Show the developer tab .)

Open a template or a blank document on which to base the form

You can start with a template or just start from scratch with a blank document.

Start with a form template

Go to File > New .

In the  Search for online templates  field, type  Forms or the kind of form you want. Then press Enter .

In the displayed results, right-click any item, then select  Create. 

Start with a blank document 

Select Blank document .

Add content to the form

Go to the  Developer  tab Controls section where you can choose controls to add to your document or form. Hover over any icon therein to see what control type it represents. The various control types are described below. You can set properties on a control once it has been inserted.

To delete a content control, right-click it, then select Remove content control  in the pop-up menu. 

Note:  You can print a form that was created via content controls. However, the boxes around the content controls will not print.

Insert a text control

The rich text content control enables users to format text (e.g., bold, italic) and type multiple paragraphs. To limit these capabilities, use the plain text content control . 

Click or tap where you want to insert the control.

Rich text control button

To learn about setting specific properties on these controls, see Set or change properties for content controls .

Insert a picture control

A picture control is most often used for templates, but you can also add a picture control to a form.

Picture control button

Insert a building block control

Use a building block control  when you want users to choose a specific block of text. These are helpful when you need to add different boilerplate text depending on the document's specific purpose. You can create rich text content controls for each version of the boilerplate text, and then use a building block control as the container for the rich text content controls.

building block gallery control

Select Developer and content controls for the building block.

Developer tab showing content controls

Insert a combo box or a drop-down list

In a combo box, users can select from a list of choices that you provide or they can type in their own information. In a drop-down list, users can only select from the list of choices.

combo box button

Select the content control, and then select Properties .

To create a list of choices, select Add under Drop-Down List Properties .

Type a choice in Display Name , such as Yes , No , or Maybe .

Repeat this step until all of the choices are in the drop-down list.

Fill in any other properties that you want.

Note:  If you select the Contents cannot be edited check box, users won’t be able to click a choice.

Insert a date picker

Click or tap where you want to insert the date picker control.

Date picker button

Insert a check box

Click or tap where you want to insert the check box control.

Check box button

Use the legacy form controls

Legacy form controls are for compatibility with older versions of Word and consist of legacy form and Active X controls.

Click or tap where you want to insert a legacy control.

Legacy control button

Select the Legacy Form control or Active X Control that you want to include.

Set or change properties for content controls

Each content control has properties that you can set or change. For example, the Date Picker control offers options for the format you want to use to display the date.

Select the content control that you want to change.

Go to Developer > Properties .

Controls Properties  button

Change the properties that you want.

Add protection to a form

If you want to limit how much others can edit or format a form, use the Restrict Editing command:

Open the form that you want to lock or protect.

Select Developer > Restrict Editing .

Restrict editing button

After selecting restrictions, select Yes, Start Enforcing Protection .

Restrict editing panel

Advanced Tip:

If you want to protect only parts of the document, separate the document into sections and only protect the sections you want.

To do this, choose Select Sections in the Restrict Editing panel. For more info on sections, see Insert a section break .

Sections selector on Resrict sections panel

If the developer tab isn't displayed in the ribbon, see Show the Developer tab .

Open a template or use a blank document

To create a form in Word that others can fill out, start with a template or document and add content controls. Content controls include things like check boxes, text boxes, and drop-down lists. If you’re familiar with databases, these content controls can even be linked to data.

Go to File > New from Template .

New from template option

In Search, type form .

Double-click the template you want to use.

Select File > Save As , and pick a location to save the form.

In Save As , type a file name and then select Save .

Start with a blank document

Go to File > New Document .

New document option

Go to File > Save As .

Go to Developer , and then choose the controls that you want to add to the document or form. To remove a content control, select the control and press Delete. You can set Options on controls once inserted. From Options, you can add entry and exit macros to run when users interact with the controls, as well as list items for combo boxes, .

Adding content controls to your form

In the document, click or tap where you want to add a content control.

On Developer , select Text Box , Check Box , or Combo Box .

Developer tab with content controls

To set specific properties for the control, select Options , and set .

Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each control that you want to add.

Set options

Options let you set common settings, as well as control specific settings. Select a control and then select Options to set up or make changes.

Set common properties.

Select Macro to Run on lets you choose a recorded or custom macro to run on Entry or Exit from the field.

Bookmark Set a unique name or bookmark for each control.

Calculate on exit This forces Word to run or refresh any calculations, such as total price when the user exits the field.

Add Help Text Give hints or instructions for each field.

OK Saves settings and exits the panel.

Cancel Forgets changes and exits the panel.

Set specific properties for a Text box

Type Select form Regular text, Number, Date, Current Date, Current Time, or Calculation.

Default text sets optional instructional text that's displayed in the text box before the user types in the field. Set Text box enabled to allow the user to enter text into the field.

Maximum length sets the length of text that a user can enter. The default is Unlimited .

Text format can set whether text automatically formats to Uppercase , Lowercase , First capital, or Title case .

Text box enabled Lets the user enter text into a field. If there is default text, user text replaces it.

Set specific properties for a Check box .

Default Value Choose between Not checked or checked as default.

Checkbox size Set a size Exactly or Auto to change size as needed.

Check box enabled Lets the user check or clear the text box.

Set specific properties for a Combo box

Drop-down item Type in strings for the list box items. Press + or Enter to add an item to the list.

Items in drop-down list Shows your current list. Select an item and use the up or down arrows to change the order, Press - to remove a selected item.

Drop-down enabled Lets the user open the combo box and make selections.

Protect the form

Go to Developer > Protect Form .

Protect form button on the Developer tab

Note:  To unprotect the form and continue editing, select Protect Form again.

Save and close the form.

Test the form (optional)

If you want, you can test the form before you distribute it.

Protect the form.

Reopen the form, fill it out as the user would, and then save a copy.

Creating fillable forms isn’t available in Word for the web.

You can create the form with the desktop version of Word with the instructions in Create a fillable form .

When you save the document and reopen it in Word for the web, you’ll see the changes you made.

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