websites with fun games and activities for girls. Parents should know
that many of them include branding for a particular company or product.
That's what keeps them free.
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The American Girl Fun for Girls website is full of games that include
or are inspired by beloved American Girl characters and stories. You
don't have to be an American Girl fan to have fun, though.
There are puzzle, action, word, maze and match three games. In fact,
there are plenty of activities that boys will enjoy as well.
This site is geared toward elementary and middle school students..
The Adventures of Josie True is a Flash-based Web adventure. Josie, a
Chinese American girl, sets out to find her missing teacher and must
solve a variety of science, math and logic puzzles along the way.
The puzzles are just challenging enough and will be engaging for
tweens and some teens (it's based on a 5th-grade curriculum). A
follow-up adventure has Josie traveling to Ancient Egypt.
This Strawberry Shortcake site is presented by American Greetings. It
has videos, printable activity sheets, and some cute games.
Girls may like the baking competition where they wow the judges with
their creativity and logic. Or maybe they would rather pick berries in
Strawberry Shortcake's garden. The site also has games and activities
for other cute characters like Holly Hobbie and the Care Bears.
The Strawberry Shortcake website is geared toward girls ages six
through ten, although some of the printables are appropriate for younger
children.
Miss O and Friends is a website for tween girls. While not the
fanciest of sites on the list, it's girl-friendly with special interest
groups, games, music and news.
Be prepared for plenty of advertising here, but also plenty of genuine girl talk.
My Pop Studio challenges girls to think about media messages through some innovative and fun games.
In the music studio, girls can create their own pop star with her own
look and message. They can then design their own song from a variety of
elements and watch their pop star perform it. Other girls can rate the
performance and try to guess the message that is trying to be conveyed.
Girls can also create a television clip, comic book or magazine
layout. Each activity teaches a different lesson, but they're
educational without being too preachy.
Additional materials are available on the site for educators who want to use the activities in the classroom.
This site is most appropriate for teens and older tween
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Beacon Street Girls is the online home to the diverse characters in the Beacon Street Girls
series of books. It will be most enjoyable to girls who have read the
books, but there are plenty of games available to appeal to even those
who have not.
This site is geared toward tween
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Our genes determine
our physical characteristics such as height, weight, and skin color.
These genes sometimes experience mutations that alter the physical
traits observed. Gene mutations are changes that occur in the segments
of DNA that compose a gene. These changes can be inherited from our
parents through sexual reproduction or acquired throughout our lifetime.
While some mutations can
lead to diseases or death, others may have no negative impact on or may
even benefit an individual. Other mutations can produce traits
that are cute. Some cute features caused by gene
mutations.
If both parents have dimples, it is likely that their children will have them too. If neither parent has dimples, then their children are not likely to have dimples. It is possible for parents with dimples to have children without dimples and parents without dimples to have children with dimples.
Freckles develop as a result of two main factors: genetic inheritance and ultraviolet radiation exposure. Individuals with fair skin and blond or red hair tend to have freckles most commonly. Freckles tend to appear most often on the face (cheeks and nose), arms, and shoulders
Eye color is a polygenic trait that is thought to be influenced by up to 16 different genes. Eye color is determined by the amount of the brown color pigment melanin that a person has in the front part of the iris. Heterochromia results from a gene mutation that influences eye color and is inherited through sexual reproduction. Individuals that inherit this trait from birth typically have normal, healthy eyes. Heterochromia may also develop later in life. Acquired heterochromia typically develops as a result of disease or following eye surgery.
Dimples.
Dimples are a genetic trait that causes the skin and muscles to form indentations in the cheeks. Dimples can occur in either one or both cheeks. Dimples are typically an inherited trait passed down from parents to their children. The mutated genes that cause dimples are found within the sex cells of each parent and are inherited by the offspring when these cells unite at fertilization.
If both parents have dimples, it is likely that their children will have them too. If neither parent has dimples, then their children are not likely to have dimples. It is possible for parents with dimples to have children without dimples and parents without dimples to have children with dimples.
Freckles.
Freckles are the result of a mutation in skin cells known as melanocytes. Melanocytes are located in the epidermis layer of the skin and produce a pigment known as melanin. Melanin helps to protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet solar radiation by giving it a brown hue. A mutation in melanocytes can cause them to accumulate and produce an increased amount of melanin. This results in the formation of brown or reddish spots on the skin due to an uneven distribution of melanin.
Freckles develop as a result of two main factors: genetic inheritance and ultraviolet radiation exposure. Individuals with fair skin and blond or red hair tend to have freckles most commonly. Freckles tend to appear most often on the face (cheeks and nose), arms, and shoulders
- FRECKLES .
Cleft Chin
A cleft chin or dimple chin is the result of a gene mutation that causes the bones or muscles in the lower jaw not to fuse together completely during embryonic development. This results in the development of an indentation in the chin. A cleft chin is an inherited trait passed down from parents to their children. It is a dominant trait that is commonly inherited in individuals whose parents have cleft chins. Although a dominant trait, individuals inheriting the cleft chin gene may not always express the cleft chin phenotype. Environmental factors in the womb or the presence of modifier genes (genes that influence other genes) can cause an individual with the cleft chin genotype not to exhibit the physical trait.
- CLEFT CHIN
Multicolored Eyes.
Some individuals have eyes with irises that are different colors. This is known as heterochromia and it can be complete, sectoral, or central. In complete heterochromia, one eye is a different color than the other eye. In sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris is a different color than the rest of the iris. In central heterochromia, the iris contains an inner ring around the pupil that is a different color than the rest of the iris.
Eye color is a polygenic trait that is thought to be influenced by up to 16 different genes. Eye color is determined by the amount of the brown color pigment melanin that a person has in the front part of the iris. Heterochromia results from a gene mutation that influences eye color and is inherited through sexual reproduction. Individuals that inherit this trait from birth typically have normal, healthy eyes. Heterochromia may also develop later in life. Acquired heterochromia typically develops as a result of disease or following eye surgery.
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