Dragon Breeder

What your child will figure out

• Use parent genotypes to predict whether a dominant or recessive dragon trait can appear in an offspring.
• Read the four equally likely combinations in a Punnett square and connect genotype combinations to visible phenotypes.
• Calculate one-trait and independent multi-trait probabilities, then distinguish a probability from a guaranteed hatch.
• Transfer allele reasoning to new parent pairs and a brief X-linked inheritance preview in adaptive practice.

The levels

1. Gold-fire hatchling

   Predict, hatch, observe, and explain why Ff × ff gives a 50% chance of the dominant gold-fire phenotype.

2. Blue-fire surprise

   Use two carrier parents to find the hidden ff cell and explain the 25% recessive outcome.

3. Festival flyer

   Combine independent horn and wing probabilities to predict a 9/16 target chance, then compare it with one actual hatch.

4. Moon-cave scout

   Transfer allele and probability reasoning to select a new parent pair for two recessive target traits without a named route.