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Curated OER

Sex-Linked Genes and Disorders

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this genes worksheet, students determine how the gender of a baby is produced plus explore sex-linked disorders such as hemophilia. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank and 8 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Heredity And Environment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete a pre-test on the relationship between heredity and the environment. As a class, they write down descriptions of themselves and identify which traits can be changed and not changed. In groups, they determine which genes...
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Curated OER

Genetic Technology

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic technology worksheet, learners 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.
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Classroom Activities: Stem Cells and Diabetes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How close are we to a cure for diabetes? It seems the cure which has a connection to stem cell research is a possibility! Learners explore the concept of stem cells with an engaging hands-on activity. A PowerPoint presentation provides...
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Chromosome Karyotyping

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore chromosome karyotyping. In this chromosome karyotyping lesson plan, students use a chromosome kit to explore chromosome syndromes and disorders. They also produce a large model of a cell with chromosome to simulate...
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Curated OER

Genetic Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the risks and benefits associated with biotechnology. In this biotechnology lesson, students discuss the role of genes in the body and brainstorm ethical issues relating to biotechnology. They read about an ethical issue...
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Curated OER

Marked For Life

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study certain genetic disorders and their effects on the lives of victims and their families. They investigate new methods of genetic screening and the social and personal ramifications of the technology.
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Curated OER

TE Lesson: What's Dominant?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the number of chromosomes in the body cells, sperm cells, and egg cells of humans. They define allele, and examine the difference between dominant and recessive alleles. They complete an activity with jelly beans that...
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Curated OER

Identifying Disease Genes using BLAST

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students navigate the National Center for Biological Information (NCBI) website and BLAST program to conduct a variety of biological assignments.
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Curated OER

How Can You Predict the Characteristics of an Unborn Baby?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare three sets of unlabeled human chromosomes and gather related data, trace chromosomes to pair them, and make observations about them.
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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

In Sickness and in Health

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Based on family history, how likely is it that a couple's children will have a recessive disease? In an in-depth, but easy-to-follow case study, future geneticists learn the story of Greg and Olga, who are hoping to have children, but...
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Developing a Pedigree of a Family Tree

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students 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...
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Curated OER

Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD):A Case Study Using the Film

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students study the genetic disorder Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) by viewing the film "Lorenzo's Oil". They complete a summary of the movie and answer questions while viewing the movie. Extensions activities also included.
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Curated OER

Genes and Inheritance

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils explore genes and inheritance. After listening to a story describing a rare genetic disease, students discuss inheritance and how living things pass on traits to their children. In groups pupils, students decipher code problems,...
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How to Conquer a Genetic Disease

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the details of DNA restriction analysis and how RFLP's are used to locate genes on a map of DNA.
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Curated OER

Gene Action/Mutation Worksheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define the following terms: mutation, mutagen and give examples of how they work. They also define and illustrate a point mutation. Students define and illustrate a frame shift mutation and name two types of frame shift...
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Curated OER

Modeling a Gene Pool

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic worksheet, high schoolers examine how gene frequency changes in a population of organisms. After completing 5 pre-lab questions, they work in pairs to collect data and answer 5 additional post-lab questions.
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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

Identical Twins, Identical Fates?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Can different personal experiences affect our genes? Find out in an intriguing case study about one twin who is diagnosed with mental illness and her identical twin who fears she may suffer the same fate. Designed for college-level...
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PPT
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Teaching Biology Through Bioinformatics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Wow! A very detailed slideshow covers complex topics of genome research methods. This is advanced and relevant to the highest level of school biology. Excellent resource if you wish to expose your class to scientific methods and...
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

One Gene Makes One Protein

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Very few universities still offer a master's degree in the ecology of grasses, but that was the degree that led George Wells Beadle to an interest in genetics and later a Nobel Prize. Scholars learn about the discoveries of Dr. Beadle...
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Different Genes Are Active in Different Kinds of Cells

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Personalized medicine prevents many trial-and-error scenarios when time counts the most. Learn how gene expression and screening genomes improves health outcomes in cancer patients, those with auto-immune disorders, and more. An online...
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Curated OER

Model Organisms: The Genes We Share

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this genetics worksheet, students access a website to learn about how human genes mutate to cause heritable disorders such as Huntington disease. Students use the information on this website to complete 12 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe some aspects of known genetic defects on the human neurological condition. They participate in a variety of exercises including drawings, games, and analogies.
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Worksheet
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DNA Technology

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this DNA technology worksheet, students will review 12 vocabulary words relating to the uses and results of DNA technology in this crossword puzzle.

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