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Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore how genes, including those that cause disease, are passed from one generation to the next. They explore the connection between an organism's genes and its traits. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
5 Stars

Students explore how gene sequence analysis can be used to examine phylogenetic similarities of different organisms. Students work in groups to simulate a gel electrophoresis separation of fragments using poster board to create their gel. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th - 9th
Rating
4 Stars

Students manipulate Punnett squares to determine the patterns of dominant and recessive gene influence on first and second generations of humans and plants in this technology-based, genetics lesson for the 8th or 9th grade Science classroom. Full Review »

Grade Range
Higher Ed
Rating
5 Stars

Students grow E. coli strain HB101, which contains the plasmid pUCD607 with the bioluminescence (Lux+) gene. The plasmid containing the Lux+ gene is isolated from the E. coli, then characterized by restriction analysis. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th
Rating
4 Stars

Students discover that in some organisms all genes come from a single parent, while in organisms with sexes, half the genes come from each parent. Working with a partner, students create offspring of butterflies in a classroom activity. Full Review »

Grade Range
7th
Rating
4 Stars

Students explore general structure of and natural changes that occur in DNA strands, and discuss concept of genetic engineering by creating small portion of strawberry chromosome with three genes, modeling naturally occurring mutation, and removing segment of DNA model and replacing it with new segment. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
4 Stars

Students come to understand that in sexually reproducing organisms, such as humans, typically half of the genes come from each parent. Students examine a fictional pedigree and determine which gene is responsible for a given trait. The genetic information for individuals is depicted as a jigsaw puzzle. Terms that students encounter include gene; chromosome; DNA; pedigree; genotype; phenotype; dominant; and recessive. Full Review »

Grade Range
10th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students simulate gene splicing by examining bacteria. They create a bacterial DNA into which they insert the human DNA (gene) that codes for growth hormone. They cut the sites of the enzyme to study how the human DNA can be joined to that of the bacterial plasmid to create recombinant DNA. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students review the concepts of incomplete dominance, co-dominance and multiple alleles. As a class, they are introduced to the concept of sex-linked genes and how they are passed to offspring. To end the lesson, they examine possible problems with linked genes. Full Review »

Grade Range
11th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students complete a unit of study on bioethics. They participate in a discussion about gene therapy and its uses. They review two case studies and discuss the ethical issues focused on in the cases. They develop a patient record based on the information listed on each case study. Full Review »