This is really cool! I was able to "succeed" on my first try! YAY!! this is actually a really good visual way to memorize the facts of selective breeding. Thanks Leslie!
I read some where, I don't remember where, that some tomato farms in some country (I am being very specific) were taking some gene from peanuts and using it in tomatoes to keep them well preserved. But this was actually not a good thing because when people who were allergic to peanuts ate those tomatoes, those genes would trigger their allergic reactions. You have to be really careful when you mess with genes!
So that's how selective breeding works? You choose the offspring from the generation that you want, and then plant it again and again to get it to produce more of it's own? That's pretty cool!
It must take a while to see the improvement (in the game it took about five years), but selective breeding is a really good idea, especially because it doesn't have to change the DNA of the plants so crazy things like what Julia said about the tomatoes don't happen. People do need to be careful and not abuse genetics by respecting the DNA of plants and animals, especially when they're making plants for the public. I was playing this when my sister came in and she started playing, too!
I think it is pretty smart of the farmers hundreds of years ago who figured out that if you use the best seeds for the next season, you get better results. In some ways they are the ones who figured out about genetics first...
i like CORN! But I failed this simulation like 4 times in a row! I still haven't gotten it right! It just says that it's like I didn't try :( >:-< I'll keep trying while I listen to AC/DC. i like rock
wow a few centuries ago, they did this to royal families to keep the royal blood running u usually ended up marrying ur brother no brother?then: a) ur parents r ashamed of having no sons b)u marry ur first cousin c)u get married to a rich guy who u don't know at all but then that created mutations, so, now ur parents are ashamed of having a three legged grandchild yes, my friends,genetics is complicated
Thanks Leslie! It was really fun. Now I understand selective breeding so much better! And Karen, I think it's a little gross how they married their own family. The Egyptians did that too...didn't that really mess up the genes though?
Click here to practice your selective breeding skills. Can you create the largest crop of corn? Try it!
Yay I finished it on the first try
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool! I was able to "succeed" on my first try! YAY!! this is actually a really good visual way to memorize the facts of selective breeding. Thanks Leslie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Leslie!
ReplyDeleteIt was ok. I prefer some of your class activities better...
But I got the point!
I got the biggest crop!
Michael N. 7I
I read some where, I don't remember where, that some tomato farms in some country (I am being very specific) were taking some gene from peanuts and using it in tomatoes to keep them well preserved. But this was actually not a good thing because when people who were allergic to peanuts ate those tomatoes, those genes would trigger their allergic reactions. You have to be really careful when you mess with genes!
ReplyDeleteJulia G. - 7F
So that's how selective breeding works? You choose the offspring from the generation that you want, and then plant it again and again to get it to produce more of it's own? That's pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! You actually understand how selective breeding works and you dont have to wait for a new growing season!! Thanks Leslie!!!
ReplyDeleteIt must take a while to see the improvement (in the game it took about five years), but selective breeding is a really good idea, especially because it doesn't have to change the DNA of the plants so crazy things like what Julia said about the tomatoes don't happen. People do need to be careful and not abuse genetics by respecting the DNA of plants and animals, especially when they're making plants for the public.
ReplyDeleteI was playing this when my sister came in and she started playing, too!
Mmmmmmm. Corn. Nothing better than a good, succulent corn. except chinese food. But corn is good. GREEN GIANT!!!
ReplyDeleteJuanCarlos
Secretary for mutant rights
CEO for Charles Xavier and Co.
This is awesome. I wish we continued to do this instead of genetic engineering though.
ReplyDeletei get it nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteI think it is pretty smart of the farmers hundreds of years ago who figured out that if you use the best seeds for the next season, you get better results.
ReplyDeleteIn some ways they are the ones who figured out about genetics first...
Its so cool to see how genetic engineering works using different plants...!:)
ReplyDelete-Peter Freitag 7E
wow thats so fun! selective breeding is so cool. it's so amazing how we can do thatt!
ReplyDelete-Monel Reina 7F
Ohhhhh. I got it! this is pretty cool!!!
ReplyDelete-Evelyn
this is cool
ReplyDeleteI suceeded in producing big corn
now i want corn
Ahh I tried to see what would happen if I chose smaller and larger ones, and see what the outcome would be, but they didn't let me.
ReplyDeleteThat's not nice.
--Pia Koh 7B
i like CORN! But I failed this simulation like 4 times in a row! I still haven't gotten it right!
ReplyDeleteIt just says that it's like I didn't try :(
>:-< I'll keep trying while I listen to AC/DC.
i like rock
Ha ha. I "deliberately made A small ear of corn" even though I only chose the smallest ear of corn once.
ReplyDeleteISN't this activity so fun??
ReplyDeleteThank you Leslie for making Science soo fun!!
Leila7f
wow
ReplyDeletea few centuries ago, they did this to royal families to keep the royal blood running
u usually ended up marrying ur brother
no brother?then:
a) ur parents r ashamed of having no sons
b)u marry ur first cousin
c)u get married to a rich guy who u don't know at all
but then that created mutations, so, now ur parents are ashamed of having a three legged grandchild
yes, my friends,genetics is complicated
i chose all the small ones lol, but i dont get how this activity helps us understand selective breeding?
ReplyDelete-Gordon Yang
Thanks Leslie! It was really fun. Now I understand selective breeding so much better!
ReplyDeleteAnd Karen, I think it's a little gross how they married their own family. The Egyptians did that too...didn't that really mess up the genes though?
~Jiaming 7B
Cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks Leslie!