About Gene Garden
Gene Garden teaches the genetics Gregor Mendel discovered by growing thousands of pea plants. Every living thing gets two copies of each gene, one from each parent. A dominant version (a big letter like P for purple flowers) shows even if there is only one copy; a recessive version (p for white) only shows when there are two.
Children fill in Punnett squares box by box, predict what share of the babies will show the recessive trait, then grow twenty and see that real results wobble around the prediction, just like flipping coins. Later levels ask them to choose two parents to reach a goal, like exactly half white flowers.
The detective levels are real test crosses: a purple or black parent might secretly carry a recessive gene, and its babies with a recessive partner give it away. A robot checked the genetics maths and every level.
Best for ages 10+
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