Inherited Traits, Variation of Traits, and Mutations in a Third Grade Science Project

Stop avoiding teaching heredity and genetics. Grab this NGSS Inherited Traits Project instead!   Your students will LOVE discovering variations of traits and mutations with this hands-on tiger project!   STORY: Meet Morty the Tiger and his brand new baby sister, who was born with a special mutation (white stripes).   SCIENCE: Deep-dive into traits with definitions and examples in the animal and plant world.   PROJECT: Then play around with stripes, color, and size of the cubs and figure out what the parents must have looked like.   ART: Design and draw your tiger cub with directed drawing pages and prompts.   What's included? -1 NGSS-aligned project -3 Learning Pages -2 Exit Tickets (animal and plants) -Teacher Guide -Student Guide -Project Explanation -Answer Keys -Directed Drawing Pages   What standard is completed? -NGSS 3-LS3-1 -Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a gr