Inheritance Review Qubes

Description

Inheritance REVIEW QUBES are paper cubes that students construct and use to play an entertaining, and slightly competitive, review game that provides up to 72 ways to review!

The game can be used by groups of any size, from pairs of students all the way up to an entire class divided into teams. Students roll the “Do Qube” and one “Concept Qube” in each turn. The “Do Qube” tells the student what they need to do to demonstrate understanding of the concept on the “Concept Qube”. Review Qubes are designed to provide differentiated study questions for all levels of Biology students.

DO QUBE:
DRAW
DESCRIBE
STATE
LIST
COMPARE or CONTRAST
WILD CARD

CONCEPT QUBES:
Each Review Qube Game comes with 2 Concept Cubes for a total of 12 major concepts or key terms.

Inheritance Qube 1:
MENDEL & GENETICS
DOMINANT & RECESSIVE
ALLELES
PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION
PUNNETT SQUARES
GENOTYPE & PHENOTYPE

Inheritance Qube 2:
DIHYBRID CROSS
PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
INTERMEDIATE (INCOMPLETE) INHERITANCE
CODOMINANCE
POLYGENIC INHERITANCE & MULTIPLE ALLELES
GENE LINKAGE

This download includes 5 files:
1. Read This First includes product overview, contact information, teacher’s guide, terms of use and image/font credits.
2. PowerPoint document with Review Qubes: 1 “Do Qube” and 2 “Concept Qubes.
3. Printable Student Instructions (PDF)
4. Excel spreadsheets with Sample Answer Keys for each Qube (student answers will vary) and student answer sheets. Click on the tabs at the bottom to access these sheets.
5. Blank template in PowerPoint format so you can make your own Review Qubes.

Materials Needed for each Group:
1. Copies of Review Qube templates and answer sheets
2. Scissors
3. Tape

See what other techers are saying about REVIEW QUBES:

“Excellent review tactic!”

“Fantastic activity! I love the variety it provides and some combinations really push students to think creatively and make links between concepts and skills.”

“Great way to review. Students are having fun and think they aren’t really working.”

“Perfect for review and was really fun to see the students get engaged with it. Thanks!”

“I love this concept with so many options for using this product!”

“Super creative. My kids loved it as an alternative to some of my tried and true review activities. Definitely promotes thinking!”

So, are you ready to roll with Review Qubes?

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Aloha,
Carla Brooks
Science Island