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- Grade Range
- 8th - 9th
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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 »
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- 8th
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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 »
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- 5th
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Students learn of how genes transfer information from one generation to the next. They flip a penny and circle traits to create an offspring. Next, they will draw a picture using the traits circled with colored pencils on the "Who Do I Look Like" worksheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students practice completing and analyzing Punnett squares. They create Punnet squares in response to a provided scenario from the company Blue Genes Incorporated. In addition, they complete an activity to determine the phenotype of offspring plants and analyze the results. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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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
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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
- 9th - 11th
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Students study protective coloration and camouflage in animals. They create examples of each and conduct simulation-type experiments to determine which is the most effective adaptation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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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
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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
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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 »
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