In this activity, students practice using codon charts to determine the amino acid …
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Category: Genetics
Homeobox (Hox) genes are responsible for the development of body plans in organisms. …
Color Mutant Homeobox Genes in Drosophila
Rabbits have a variety of colors that cannot be easily interpreted with simple …
Multiple Allele Traits in Rabbit Coat Color
My freshman class usually does a basic strawberry DNA extraction. This is a …
Investigation: Compare DNA from Different Samples
The color patterns of animals are quite complex. They aren’t easy to apply …
The Genetics of Tortoiseshell and Calico Cats
Have you ever seen a beautiful red cardinal in your backyard? This bird …
How Did the Cardinal Get His Red Feathers (CER)
The lac-operon is a group of genes involved in lactose metabolism. E. coli …
Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes – Lac Operon
In this simple exercise, students simulate how restriction enzymes and gel electrophoresis can …
Identifying Penguin Species with Restriction Enzymes
Genetics can be a tough subject for beginning biology students. Engage them with …
Genome Wide Association Studies in Dog Coats
I made this worksheet for freshman biology for students learning about DNA, RNA, …
Reinforcement: DNA, RNA, and Sickle Cell
Just when you didn’t think you needed another Punnett square worksheet, I present …
Practice Punnett Squares with Skinny Pigs
We are back to remote learning in 2022 due to the surge in …
Practice Identifying the Phases of Meiosis
My students always seem enthusiastic when a project includes dogs. Even kids that …
Case Study: Dogs, SNPs, and Patellar Luxation
Crime dramas like CSI often solve the case by using a technology called …
How DNA Fingerprints Are Used to Solve Crimes
Natural phenomena are observable events that inspire questions and curiosity in students. The …
DNA Lesson Using PTC as an Anchoring Phenomenon
This new version of FlyLab does not use Flash and has all the …
FlyLab (New!)
This digital modeling activity allows students to build a DNA model by dragging …
DNA – Build It
This activity is a remote version of a paper lesson where students cut …
Devil Karyotype (Remote)
This is the remote version of a classroom activity I do with corn …
Corn Chi Square (remote)
This worksheet was created for advanced biology students to practice using Punnett squares …
Blood Disorders
Students practice determining the phenotypic ratios of crosses that involve two traits. Rabbits …
Genetic Crosses 2 (Remote)
I have several karyotype activities where students construct karyotypes and diagnose a chromosome …
Karyotype Analysis Using Google Slides
This worksheet was modified from a popular (and long-standing) worksheet where students practice …
Genetics Practice (Remote)
For students who are learning remotely, genetics lessons that involve Punnett squares and …
Punnett Squares (Remote)
This investigation was modified from the HHMI Stickleback Modeling activity where students examine …
Investigation: Sticklebacks
This case study is a follow-up to the Cystic Fibrosis Case Study where …
Case Study: CF Mutations
In the past, I have used Transcription Coloring to reinforce the concept of …
Label: Protein Synthesis
This activity explores a data set on the frequency of copy number variants …
Amylase and CNV
This set of slides was designed for remote learning during the 2020 pandemic. …
DNA Drag and Drop
This worksheet allows students to practice doing genetic crosses that involve two traits. …
Genetics – Lop Ears
This worksheet was designed for AP Biology students studying genetics. Students are not …
Pedigree Analysis – AP Bio
Students in AP Biology are given more challenging genetics problems than my freshman …
Horse Genetics
This worksheet was designed for freshman learning dihybrid crosses. Students struggle with setting …