Family Tree Project Reflection by Evan Smith

Family Tree Project Reflection by Evan Smith https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey What did we learn? en-us 2018-06-06 03:12:59 UTC 2026-01-09 00:53:08 UTC hello@padlet.com What did you learn about your family through this project? evansm12 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782240 2018-06-06 03:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782240 What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits? evansm12 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782255 2018-06-06 03:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782255 What do you still wonder about genetics? evansm12 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782264 2018-06-06 03:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782264 Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges? evansm12 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782269 2018-06-06 03:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782269 Thomas thomasra1 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782474 What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits?
I learnt that my family had a lot of dominant traits like having big ears which I never knew came from my grandpa.

Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
Yes I did feel like I had the tools to complete this project and don't think that there were any challenges.

What do you still wonder about genetics?
I still wonder if there are more genetics going through my family]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782474 Adela https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782475 1. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT FOR THIS UNIT - I learned that we had a thing called "genotypes" and things. At the start of the unit, I was horribly confused at what it was and now I know! I sort of wanted to learn this stuff before, and I'm happy because this unit really helped! I'm also satisfied that I actually understood things in this unit, since I NEVER understand things (like Jory) The family tree project was a fun but interesting (and kind of hard) AND helpful project. Like Jory said, the family tree project was an easy/helpful way to understand the things I didn't understand/know. It also helped A LOT to understand the unit! I enjoyed it!!
2. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MY FAMILY - I learned that SO MANY people have smile lines, and I never even realized that until now! I also learned that my nose is kind of between my dad and my mom. It's mostly like my dad's, though. My eyebrows are also kind of mixed between my dad and mom's. My smile isn't really alike to anyone. I also realized that some people already have smile lines when they aren't even smiling that much, and some people only have it when they're smiling.
3. WHAT I STILL WONDER ABOUT - I still wonder about
4. TOOLS FOR THIS PROJECT - I got help from my sister, since she did the same project 2 years ago. I used her pictures that were inside a doc. I also got help from my aunt, who visited us from Korea at the right time so that I can get pictures! They were both big help.
CHALLENGES - I think the challenges were

]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782475 Sean https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782480 What did I learn about my family during the family tree project?
I learnt that my straight hair comes from my grandpa and that most of my family has straight hair.
Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
I feel like I did have the tools I needed other than the pictures which I was lacking the grandparents on my dad's side and all my great grandparents. The biggest challenges were explaining what I thought and finding the pictures.
What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits?
I learnt that because you get 50% of your DNA from your mom and 50% from your dad, the specific trait will either be the one that either your dad or mom has unless it's a mixed dominance trait where it will probably be in between.
What do you still wonder about genetics?
Do genetic experiments often fail? What would happen if you transferred a gene from one animal to another animal of a different species?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782480 Lauren laurenok https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782481 1) I learned that I do look like a lot of people and that a lot of people have the same traits as other people in my family.
2) That everyone in you family has a lest one trait that you have. Or they can have more. You can also see that s lot of people have the same type of hair or hair color.
3) How do you get the same thing from you great grandparents that has been passed down through a couple of generations? I thought that it would have kinda gone away because it has been around for a long time and it does not make that much since to me.
4) Yes, I think that I had everything I needed but one picture. I think that one easy part was putting them on the paper and looking for the traits. I think that the hardest part was finding some photos of my great grandparents. I also think that the punnett squares where a little hard because I did not understand them. But when I figured it out it was much easier and i did four of them. ]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782481 Keito keitobo https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782482 What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits?
I learned that you get half of your DNA from each of your parents. I also learned that the probability of a child having a trait is not affected by what child was born before. I also learned that in order for someone to be a carrier of a trait, that trait has to be recessive.
What did you learn about your family through this project?
I learned that my mom's side has a lot of people with round faces and dark straight hair. I also learned that my dad's side has some people with curly hair and some with straight hair. I found this to be interesting because I always considered my dad's side to be all curly haired. I also found out that there were a few people missing from my family tree, which I again, never really considered.
Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
I feel like I certainly could've thought deeper about my family's traits if I had more time, but other than that, I think I had the tools needed to complete this project. The biggest challenge was probably trying to find pictures of my missing family members but in the end I couldn't.

What do you still wonder about genetics?
I wonder if there is a more advanced and more accurate way of figuring out different traits and inheritance instead of using the Punnet Square Also, how do traits become dominant or recessive over time? And does that relate to evolution? What do traits have to do with evolution?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782482 Cloriss morrisro https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782483 What did you learn about your family through this project?
I learned that my family is very similar to each other in their traits. Same hair colour, same eye color very similar noses.

What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits?
I learned that if a trait looks dominant (e.g. thick eyebrows) it doesn't mean that it is dominant. I also learned about incompletely dominant traits.

Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
I do think I had the tools necessary to complete this project although I would have liked to have more pictures. The biggest challenge for me was finding the necessary pictures, and determining whether a trait was completely dominant or just kind of dominant.

What do you still wonder about genetics?
Is it possible to splice/combine DNA to make a Luke Cage person? What determines whether something is dominant or recessive?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782483 Amelie Yeo amelieye https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782484 What did you learn about your family through this project?
I learnt that I inherited my nose shape from the maternal side and that my great grandpa was Japanese! I also learnt that I have most of the same traits as my brother probably explaining why I look so much like him and why everyone says that we look alike. My sister on the other hand has almost the same traits as me except for our eye shape which she got from the paternal side of the family.

What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits?
I learnt that genes are recessive and both of your parents have to carry a recessive gene for you to inherit that gene. But if one of your parents have a dominant gene you are more likely to get the dominant gene since it is the stronger than the recessive gene.

Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
I had all the tools I need but I think that if I had gotten the pictures of my grandpa's dad and mom that would have been better and it would have shown me if all of my paternal side had a more sharp nose.The biggest challenge for me was actually finding traits that I could use since both my mom's family and my dad's family looked alike. Even Evan said that my mom looked like my dad's mom but they are not genetically related!

What do you still wonder about genetics?
I wonder if you can actually change genetics to make yourself look different like you have straight hair then you can change your genetics to make you have curly hair. Or if you have a genetic disorder then can you fix it?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782484 Mayuko https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782485 What I learned about my family - I learned that I got my ears from my Great-grandpa Mr.Goro. My sister's ears are still a mystery. I also learned a lot about the inheritance of chin/jaw shape and unibrows/non-unibrows/just eyebrows itself. AND, I learned about the shape of noses in the family. I inherited my chin shape from my mom's side, and maybe my dad's side too, because his sister has the same chin as me, even though no one from her side has that... I inherited my nose from my dad's side. My unibrows come from my mom's side, but maybe my dad's side too, because somehow, my aunt has it, while no one else on her side has it. From that, I learned that you can inherit a lot recessive genes, which I think is what happened to my aunt, and look a bit different, but still be family. I also learned that I have the same genotypes as my sister (chin shape, nose shape, unibrow), while my parents basically have opposite genotypes!
Tools + Challenges - I think I DID have the tools I needed to complete this project. I think that if I had a picture of uncle-who-is-married-to-Aunt-Yukino, and all great-grandparents, that would be better. (I had a picture of them, but I got them too late) I think that the biggest challenge was finding the unibrows and the non-unibrows, since many of the women have probably shaved them off or something. I also had trouble finding pictures of great-grandparents - but found out that around 3/4 of them's pictures were burned in WW2.
Law of inheritance - I learned that dominant traits will be more likely to be passed down to children that recessive traits. I also learned that if a dad (my uncle) has square jaw, and the mom (the aunt) has a round jaw, the kid (my cousin) might end up getting an in-between-nuetral chin. I learned that you can figure out how someone might look like by using the very useful punnet squares!!
Wonders about genetics - Is it possible to change genetics? For example, if someone had some kind of disorder, would they (people in the future) be able to fix it? If someone altered someone elses genes, would they immediately look different? Or, would they just be not human - because they're missing some stuff?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782485 Abby (What did I learn) abigailcu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782489 I learnt many things about my history and how my parents/grandparents felt about their history as well, I also learnt more about why I look like I do and why my brother, father, mother etc....]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782489 Sage https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782490 Q1A.}
For the tools question yes and no. The reason why is that is that I had made a wrong mistake by using markers and pen because that I was not looking my work clearly. The reason why is that I was rushing a lot and I have not see what was I doing. For positive is that I was find the right too ls and I saw that I had a much better job.
Q1B.}
What made it to challenging is that when ever you have a big family, its hard to find them because that you need to scroll threw the album and find there face.
For a another challenge is that traits because that you need to get the traits on to your family tree. And its so hard because you need to look closely to theme to see there traits. And also because they might have a trait and they might not be showing, but it could be there.
Q2} ]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782490 Reyann reyannpe https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782497

I learned that many people in my family have straight hair and that the people with curly hair was all my great grandparents. I also learned that my brother has almost the same exact traits as me. I also learned that I look most like my mom. Also, many people in my family had soft eyebrows.

What I still wonder is how do my great grandparents never had grandchildren, children, or great grandchildren without curly hair?

I felt like I did have the right tools I needed. The biggest challenge was finding pictures of my great grandfather(my mom's mom's dad). Another challenge was time mangagement, but I was able to make up for it by staying in at lunch recess.

I learned that you don't know what traits a baby will have, it depends whether it's a dominate allele or recessive allele. Also, we get half of our parent's DNA. Also, I learned how punnet squares work

]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782497 Poppy poppyph https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782499 What did I learn about my family - I learnt that I got my eyebrows from my mom's side and my dad's nose. I also learnt that if one person has curly hair and the other has straight hair, their child will likely have wavy hair.
Law of inheritance - I learnt that some genes are recessive and both of your parents have to be at least carriers of the recessive gene for you to get it. If someone has a dominant gene, it is more likely for you to get that gene because it is stronger than a recessive gene.
Tools + Challenges - I feel like I had the tools I needed. Only thing was, I got some group photos of family's, so I had to cut them out of the photos. Some of the biggest challenges I had was probably the time limit. I had trouble in the end because I wanted to make the front look pretty, but I was running out of time.
What I still wonder - Could you still get a gene from your great great grandparents and further back (I have the same eyebrows as one of my great great grandparents)? If two people had brown eyes, would it be possible to have blue eyes (If both of the parents carry the gene)? Is it possible to take your DNA and make
an exact clone of yourself?]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782499 Jory https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782503 What did you learn about your family through this project?

I never knew about genetics and chromosomes, genes, and stuff like that. So this unit really helped understand what these things are. Especially the family tree project. Because I am the type of girl that doesn't understand stuff easily so the family tree project really helped me to understand it more clearly. I also learned that my dad and my first brother are the only people in my family...family that have dimples. Before this project I didn't know many things about my family but now I do I also learned that my family is really big!

Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges?
I definitely feel like I had the right tools I needed to finish this project. But I only had one photo from all of my great grandparents. Also some of the photos I had of my family were bleary or had a filter. But At least I finished my family project tree!

My challenges.....

]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782503 Vendela vendelapa https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782504 I feel like I had all the tools thatI needed to successfully complete my family tree project. I had all the tools in the end of the project because I got a lot of useful help from my mom. My mom helped me find pictures of my great grandparents.

I learned that laws of inheritance important to make you somewhat similar to your parents and to give you your appearance.

I learned that my family is actually very small, and that I am the only one with blue eyes in my generation. And I also learned that I might get wavy hair when I grow up because both my aunt and my mom had straight hair when they were my age.

I don't think I have any more questions about this topic and unit. ]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782504 Aiden https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782511 Laws of Inheritance: I learned that if a trait is dominant it will most likely be the one passed down to the child.
What did I learn about my family: My nose comes from my father's side, some of my cousins have blonde hair and my hair color and shape comes from my father's side.
Tools needed for the project: I felt like I had the tools but I did not have enough time for the project. The biggest challenges were getting the photos on time.
Wonder about genetics: Is it possible to change the way someone looks by altering their genetics? Why is genetics so controversial]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782511 Anna https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782518

What did you learn about your family through this project? I learned that I got my nose from my dads side. All the people in my dads side has noses that are pretty round shaped. I also learned MORE about my chin shape and face shape.

Do you feel like you had the tools you needed to complete this project? What were the biggest challenges? I needed tools for the project like getting the photos so I can flue them and examine the photo, so that I could actually finish the project. It was challenging for me to get my great grandparents from my dads side, because they live far away. On the other hand, I easily got the photos from my moms side because they live closer, and because we have a closer relationship. So I think that part was the MOST CHALLENGING part.

What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits? I learned that you get BOTH your parents gene, even though you might look similar to one than the other. I also learned many different vocabulary words, like alleles, genotypes, and so much more!

What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits? I wonder why my mom has curly hair, but I don't. My grandma also has curly hair, so I think that I should be having MORE curly hair than I have right now.

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]]> 2018-06-06 03:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782518 Finn finnmu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782530 What do you still wonder about genetics:
I wonder how a recessive gene passes through so many generation before it become dominant again.

Do you feel like you have the tools you need to complete this project... Biggest...:
I think that I have the skills considering I found out lot's of traits in my family and how genetics works.

What did you learn about the laws of inheritance for traits:
I learned that a trait can be passed through many generations but you might not carry that trait because your mothers/ fathers trait is more dominant.

What did you learn about your family through this project:
I learnt about lot's of family members who I never met and I learned their names and what they looked like.]]> 2018-06-06 03:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782530 keitobo https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782555 2018-06-06 03:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782555 Ebba https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782559
Yes I do think that I had all the tools . The most challenging part was to find all the trait that wanted to look at because I didn't know which ones were the best to choose and which ones where the eases to find because I did not have that much time.
I learned a lot about my family for example I did not know that my grandma mom had curly hair because nobody els on that side had curly hair. I also saw that a lot of people in my family had pointy chins and not that many had round chins.

I wonder how nobody on my moms side had curly hair except for one person I wonder where that curly hair went.
I learned that we get half of our DNA from our mom and the other half from our dad. I also learned that there are recessive and dominant genes I did not know any thing about genetics before this but now I know a lot more.

]]> 2018-06-06 03:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782559 Abby (What do I wonder) abigailcu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782763 I don't have any questions but why can you randomly recieve a gene from before? Like big nose, blonde hair, green eyes etc... Even without seeing it for many many generations?
What would happen if we lost/don't have DNA? But have everything else?

]]> 2018-06-06 03:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782763 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782905 2018-06-06 03:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782905 Abby (Tools) abigailcu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782963 Mostly yes, I feel like it took a while to find the images and set up the family tree, since I had missed out a day or two, but I think I got most of it down, the only thing I need to work on is time management.]]> 2018-06-06 03:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265782963 Abby (Laws of inheritance) abigailcu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783029 I learnt that most of the time parents must have both of the genes to give to their child/children, but it doesn't have to be dominant, it can be recessive too.]]> 2018-06-06 03:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783029 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783364 2018-06-06 03:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783364 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783510 2018-06-06 03:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265783510 finnmu https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265784434 2018-06-06 03:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265784434 https://padlet.com/evansm12/fyv1wjcd0dey/wish/265784497

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