Turtle Sniffing Dogs
This video shows turtle dogs, which are retrievers bred and trained to hunt turtles.
Driving Question
- How do dogs inherit different traits?
Probing Questions
- Why are these dogs different from other breeds?
- What technologies can humans use to influence the inheritance of traits in dogs?
Classroom Suggestions
- PBS | Nature: Selective Breeding Problems: This resource highlights the problems that can be encountered when we selectively breed dogs.
- PBS LearningMedia | Nature: Historic Relationships Between Dogs and Humans: This video explains the special relationship between dogs and humans throughout history.
- Verge | World’s First Domesticated Foxes: Foxes in Russia were selectively bred for “friendliness” to show how we have domesticated dogs.
Resources
Iowa Core Alignment
MS-LS4-5:Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms
Credit Info
Media produced for Iowa Outdoors by Iowa PBS.
Submitted by Dan Voss and Madison Beeler as part of their Iowa STEM Teacher Externship experience at Iowa PBS.
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