Students became actively engaged in this fun bug activity as they learned about dominant and recessive genes. First students were given two chromosomes. Students had to evaluate the chromosomes to determine if the bug they would build would receive the dominant or recessive trait for five different genes. Next students created their edible bugs based on the following traits: the number of legs, number of  body segments, eye and nose color, and antennae.

Yum! After creating these wonderful creatures students were able to eat their work.