Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter Fourteen Questions: Human Genome

For Students 7th - 12th
This multiple-choice and short-answer quiz covers chromosomes, genetic disorders, and more. The multiple choice section could work as a pretest, as well.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solving: Dots, Symbols, Words and Proteins

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use symbols and dots to investigate the amino acids in a protein. In this problem solving lesson plan, students use dots and symbolic analogies to solve problems using the IDEAL problem solving method which includes identifying...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

My Favorite Biology Supplies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Here are some biology laboratory supplies that I can't live without.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bioethics: Debates in Human Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, research and prepare a debate regarding various bioethical situations. After the debates, each student prepares a ortfolio outlining their own personal opinions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Heredity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this heredity learning exercise, learners review how genes are involved in the inheritance of certain traits through generations. Students complete a Punnett square and review probability. This learning exercise has 11 short answer...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetic Disorders with Cultural Roots: International Insects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize that certain populations have specific genetic disorders that could benefit or harm them in their environment, work out punnett square problems and infer offspring probabilities from results, and provide advantages and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Genetic Technology

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic technology worksheet, high schoolers will answer 6 true or false statements and 4 short answer questions based on the mapping and sequencing of the human genome and the applications of the Human Genome Project.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing a Pedigree of a Family Tree

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners create a family pedigree as a product of independent investigation. They learn the symbols used in pedigrees, as well as the usefulness in tracking genetic disorders. During cooperative learning activities, students learn to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Respiratory and Circulatory Research Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use the Internet and books to research the respiratory and circulatory systems. They also write a report on different diseases and present to the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Construction of a Hemoglobin Gene

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monohybrid Punnetr Squares

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students explore Punnett squares and illustrate specific genotypic and phenotypic genetic outcomes. After a class discussion, students predict the probability of a specific trait being passed on by using Punnett squares. They reveal the...
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Curated OER

Rhythm And Sound 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the concept of rhythm and this activity looks at some specific sound devices in the study of music. They focus on assonance, consonance, and alliteration. Students define the concept of rhythm and give poetry as an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Matching Vocabulary Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy activity, students define the words by matching them with the terms. The answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Improving Literacy in the Biology Classroom via Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read, write and reflect on Science articles, this approach will promote both literacy and critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills learned in the science classroom from these activities will impact students in many...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Electrophoresis of Human Hemoglobin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze different types of hemoglobin. They use the technique of agarose gel electrophoresis to separate human hemoglobin molecules according to their electrical charge, size, and/or shape. Students relate the migration of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetic Research: A Congressional Hearing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a mock hearing of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on genetic research. They representing support groups for various genetic disorders present arguments for continued federal funding, while subcommittee members...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss traits, traits that are inherited and how genes and chromosomes carry the code for traits. They research genetic disorders and their link to chromosome abnormalites and write a report on their findings. which...
Website
WebMD

Web Md: Sickle Cell Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMD Health offers a detailed overview of sickle cell disease, a severe blood disorder. Content includes a focus on this disease's causes, symptoms, and treatments, as well as information on how the disease progresses and when to call a...
Handout
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Your Genes, Your Health: Sickle Cell

For Students 3rd - 8th
A very easy to understand site on sickle cell. Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of sickle cell disease.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Sickle Cell Has Many Faces

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Sickle Cell Disease: what it is, what causes it, who is most at risk for it, what the effects are, and how to control it through living a healthy lifestyle.
Lesson Plan
University of Washington

Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Sickle Cell Anemia [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a Sickle Cell Anemia case study to learn about allele frequencies, genetics, and molecular biology.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Tips on Sickle Cell Disease

For Students 4th - 7th
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder. Learn what it is and how it is passed on, what sickle cell crisis is and its cause, the signs and symptoms of sickle cell disease, how it is treated, tips for traveling if you have it,...
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: Sickle Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of Sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease that affects hemoglobin in the blood. [1:30]
Handout
Harvard University

Harvard Medical School: History of Sickle Cell Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is put out by a professor of the Harvard Medical School. It contains factual information on Sickle Cell Disease and the information is set up by links under different subject headings. This is a great site to check out on the...

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