Students in AP Biology are given more challenging genetics problems than my freshman …
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Category: Genetics
This worksheet was designed for freshman learning dihybrid crosses. Students struggle with setting …
Genetic Crosses – 2 Traits
This exercise was created for an intro bio class though it would also …
Reinforcement: Genetics
This worksheet was designed for advanced students of biology or for honors students …
Genetics: Sexy Chickens
This simple worksheet shows a diagram of a chromosome and where it is …
Chromosome Structure
This assignment was created for students who miss class and can be completed …
Genetics of Sickle Cell
Students practice using a codon wheel or codon chart to determine the amino …
Protein Synthesis Practice
This is a good follow-up activity to the Tasmanian Devil Karyotype, where students …
Chromosomes and Cancer
This worksheet was designed for 2nd year biology (AP Biology) as a way …
Reinforcement: DNA
The combs of chickens are controlled by four alleles, which interact to produce …
Genetics of Chicken Combs
This worksheet is intended to reinforce concepts related to meiosis and sexual reproduction. …
Meiosis Worksheet
Helpful review on chromosomes which focuses on terms such as diploid and haploid, …
Reinforcement: Chromosomes
This worksheet gives students a chance to practice identifying genotypes on pedigree charts. …
Pedigrees – Human Genetic Disorders
This worksheet was created for an introductory level biology class. This worksheet is …
Genetics Practice Problems – Easy Mode
Students cut out each chromosome and organize them in pairs based on their …
Karyotype of Tasmanian Devil Chromosomes
Students model Hardy Weinberg equilibrium using Teddy Graham crackers. Playing the role of …
Teddy Graham Lab
This procedural lab is a great compliment for genetic studies where students learn …
Investigation: Gel Electrophoresis
This activity was modified from HHMI’s “Modeling the Regulatory Switches of the Pitx1 …
Investigation: Gene Switches in Stickleback Fish
In this activity, students use a codon chart to compare the DNA sequence …
DNA, Proteins, and Sickle Cell
In an effort to add more real data to the DNA (genetics) unit, …
Dog SNPs and Curly Hair
Beginning biology students can really struggle with dihybrid crosses and setting up Punnet …
Genetic Crosses with 2 Traits
Students explore how DNA becomes a function protein by using a codon chart …
DNA, Proteins, and Mutations
Add a little fantasy to your genetics unit by having students practice doing …
Dragon Genetics
This activity uses a simulation from the Concord Consortium that shows how DNA …
DNA Mutation Activity
This is a close reading and annotation exercise that can be completed in …
How Can Gene Editing Eliminate Lyme Disease?
This case study focuses on a news story whose headline declares that a …
Case Study: How Do Genes Determine Skin Color?
In this activity, students color a DNA molecule according to directions that describe …
DNA Coloring
This worksheet provides students with practice problems on multiple allele traits, specifically on …
Practice Problems: Genetics and Blood Types
Biology students learn to analyze pedigrees as part of a unit on genetics. …
Analyzing Human Pedigrees
Students learn basic Mendelian genetics by crossing traits from fruit flies and pea …
Practice Genetics: Sex Linked Genes
Students examine how two traits are inherited, revealing that each allele has an …
Investigation: Modeling Independent Assortment & Dihybrid Crosses
In this activity, you will use popsicle sticks to model the process of …
Investigation: Modeling Heredity with Popsicle Sticks
Students learning basic Mendelian genetics can practice assigning genotypes and identifying heterozygous and …