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Student Exploration: Fast Plants ® 1 – Growth and Genetics
Note to teachers and students: The Fast Plants
®
Gizmo was created in collaboration with the Wisconsin Fast
Plants Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These lessons can be used independently or in
conjunction with classroom Fast Plants experiments.
Vocabulary: allele, dominant allele, Fast Plants, gene, genetics, genotype, heterozygous, homozygous,
offspring, phenotype, pollen, pollinate, Punnett square, recessive allele, trait
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)
1.
Gizmo Warm-up
Several common vegetables, including Bok choy, napa cabbage, and turnips,
are varieties of a plant called Brassica rapa . Fast plants are a rapid-cycling
variety of Brassica rapa that was developed at the University of Wisconsin.
These plants have short growing cycles and are ideal for classroom use. In
the Fast Plants
®
1 – Growth and Genetics Gizmo, you will learn about the life
cycle and genetic traits of Fast Plants.
In the Gizmo, drag seed packet A to container 1 and seed packet B to
container 2. Click Play ( ), and then Pause ( ) after about 10 simulated
days.
1. A plants traits are its characteristics. Drag the magnifying glass over container 1. Describe the traits of
these plants. – the stem is purple
2. Drag the magnifier over container 2. How do these plants differ from the container 1 plants?
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Activity A:
The Fast Plants ®
life cycle
Get the Gizmo ready :
 Click Reset ( ). Plant seeds A in container 1.
 Turn on Show hints .
Introduction: Fast Plants ® are grown in wicking systems, typically made of nested plastic containers. The
larger container is the water reservoir. Water from the reservoir travels through the wick into the soil, where
roots draw the water into stems and leaves.
Question: How do Fast Plants grow and reproduce?
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