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Well, you guys are obviously passionate about your pitties.

So for clarification, this is an additional project I am creating for some of my failing students, who have pitbulls and like to talk to me about their pitbulls as I also like pitbulls (they also like certain soccer teams, and I am trying to tie that into a project as well). I have three dogs, all mixed breeds, but they could care less about my border-collie herding, they want to talk about their pitties. Thus, I want to use pitbulls as a grab to get their attention and hopefully engage them in the classroom. Once they learn the basics of punnet squares, dominant/recessive/homozygous/etc, I am going to have them do an independent project about the genetics disorders interbreeding can cause.

A side note: teachers don't have to be all-knowing beings. I try to have discussion and let kids know that I am not the expert.

And, I actually encourage controversial topics in my classroom, as I set up an open environment that allows all opinions and viewpoints.

Thanks for your opinions and tips.

Onto lesson planning,

Kelly