Use Foil Stars to Show What Genes Do!   Your Task: Predict what the offspring will be like in a cross of two organisms.  Directions: Choose symbols to represent the genes. Fill in the stars at the top marked Dominant and Recessive. They should be differently colored stars.   Pick characteristics such as Tall / not tall  or  Red / not red. Fill in the appearance of the parent row and the genes that they carry. Now figure out what the children will be like.   Have fun! Return to Lesson 4 Download this as a .pdf file ready for printing © Elizabeth Anne Viau, 1999. This material may be used freely for instructional purposes but not sold for a price beyond the cost of reproduction. Please inform the author if you use it at eviau@earthlink.net.