Genetics (Intro) 🧬

Interactive Lesson • Practice • Sorting Game

What is Genetics? 🤔

**Genetics** is the science of how living things inherit traits from their parents. Think about it: you have your mother's eyes or your father's hair color. This is all thanks to genetics!

The information that tells your body what to look like and how to work is stored in tiny instructions called **genes**. Genes are found inside a special molecule called **DNA**. DNA is like a long, twisted ladder, and it's located in the nucleus of every cell in your body. It's the master blueprint for all living things!

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Video: The DNA Blueprint 🎬

Watch how DNA is a set of instructions that tells a living thing what to be.

Practice Problems (Genes, Traits, or Both?)

Read the description and decide if it's a gene or a trait.

1) The instruction for blue eyes.
2) The eye color itself (blue eyes).
3) The instructions for curly hair.
4) The actual height of a person.

⚡ Build the DNA!

Click on the correct letter to match the DNA pairs! (A always pairs with T, C always pairs with G)

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Match the letters!

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