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Category: Genetics
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
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 …
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 Using Codon Charts
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 …