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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the structure of the DNA molecule and begin to explain how chromosomes, genes, and the base pairs, sugars, and phosphates of the DNA molecule are related. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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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 »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students study DeoxyriboNucleic Acid or commonly known as DNA and discover importance of DNA strand, chromosomes, and genes. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students review transcription and translation using online interactive sites. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the current field of genetics. They define key vocabulary terms, and conduct Internet research on human genetics. Students watch a training video about how to create a PowerPoint presentation, then produce their own PowerPoint presentation on genetics. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students see how eight pairs of triplets are equivalent to part of a gene and control a part of heredity. They comprehend how blood corpuscles manufacture normal hemoglobin. Students already comprehend that genes control the synthesis of all the chemicals needed by organisms. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students review the structure and function of DNA, genes, and chromosomes and are engaged by a demonstration illustrating the relative size of DNA, genes and chromosomes. They also describe through analogy and model the structure and function of DNA, genes, and chromosomes. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students review the processes that occur for proteins to be made correctly (DNA replication, transcription, and translation). They also identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes. Finally, students identify the reasons behind genetic disorders and to trace the changes of organisms over time. Full Review »
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