This activity was modified from HHMI’s “Modeling the Regulatory Switches of the Pitx1 …
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Category: Genetics
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 …
Simple Genetics Practice Problems
This simple activity asks students to cut out shapes of nucleotides, each having …
Construct a DNA Model
This presentation case study asks two important questions regarding cat coloration: Why are …
Case Study: Why Are There No Male Calico Cats?
Genetic Experiments can be intimidating for teachers due to the time and cost …
Inquiry in Genetics Using Wisconsin Fast Plants
A modified AP Lab where students learn to grow plants from a seed, …
AP Biology – Investigation 1
Hands-on activity uses colored paperclips to model DNA double helix and show how …
How Can DNA Replication Be Modeled?
Drosophilab is a free, robust program that can be used in a unit …
Drosophilab – Virtual Fruit Fly
This activity is a good starter for genetics units. Students are often fascinated …
Human Traits Bingo
In this activity, students count kernels on an ear of corn. The corn …
Corn Genetics and Chi Square Analysis
Teaching dihybrid crosses can be challenging because it involves layering several biological concepts, …
Dihybrid Crosses in Guinea Pigs
students examine a graphic that models the process of transcription and translation. The …
Transcription Coloring
Crush strawberries and use detergent to break the cell wall, releasing DNA. Alcohol …
DNA Extraction – Strawberry
Students use coins to simulate how alleles separate during meiosis. One student plays …
Variations on a Human Face
Once students learn the basics of meiosis and how alleles can swap places …