Rapid-Growing Wisconsin Fast Plants® Make Classroom Genetics Studies Possible! Wisconsin Fast Plants® are a wonderful model plant genetics organism for the classroom. The plants have several traits that make them attractive: A wide variety of mutant seed is available They are closely related to many food crops produced in the United States, making them especially relevant They cannot self-pollinate, so it is easy to carry out controlled crosses in the classroom The yhave clearly visible mutations; stem color, plant height, and more They have a 35- to 40- day life cycle that lets you start with F1 seed and carry it to the F2 generation in a short time span

Grade 8 - College. Here is an engaging way to assess your students understanding of the basic principles of Mendelian genetics and the concepts of inheritance. Students examine 3-day-old plants to study 2 phenotypes allowing you to do 1 assessment of their understanding.

Using petri dishes and filter papers, students sow seeds for 3-day-old P₁ and F₁ generation plants. Observations are made and a hypothesis formed about the phenotype of the F₂ generation. F₂ seeds are then sown to test the hypothesis.

Activities in this kit can be completed in 3 class periods. Kit includes everything needed except a light source. (We recommend the item# 158994 Plant Light House™.)