Helpful tool for making your family pedigrees http://www.progenygenetics.com/online-pedigree/
At first we reviewed our questions on our Risk Factors Debrief (64)
Then, we discussed how we can determine our genetic risk factor for disease. This can be done by tracing our family history with a 'pedigree" - a chart that tracks a trait from one generation to the next.
We did an example pedigree using the Simpson's family, tracking Bart and his relatives. (Tracking Disease (67)
Then students received their Thanksgiving Break homework - My Family Pedigree (66)
This assignment is to create a pedigree for themselves, tracking the incidents of disease in their family - heat disease, cancer, high blood pressure, asthma, mental illness, osteoporosis, and more.
By creating a pedigree, students will better understand where along the continuum of risk they fall into, and to see if they need to work to lower their chances of getting that disease.
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