Study and Learn DNA from the Beginning - this is a great site. Use the scroll bar at the right to see different information, but after you read the text, click at the bottom on "Animation" for a short - EASY - description. ThinkQuest - Genes and Heredity - a tutorial on the basics Kids Genetics - a cool site with a little alien guy who leads you through all the instruction. See the links at the left and the games on each page are really cool, too! Ology.com's Gene Scene provides lots of good info in an interesting format with animated characters. Meiosis from Biology4Kids.com NOVA's Cracking the Code of Life - actually watch the show with Quicktime or Realplayer! There are several segments, so watch just one a night. ZeroBio.com - If you still need to learn how to run a Punnett Square, this site has a step by step video demo (see link in top right corner) and practice using the drag and drop activity. Genetics Questions Answered! - This site provides short explanations of questions students often have - click on the question on the tab at the top, then make sure to click "next" at the bottom of each page as the tour goes on! Mitosis vs. Meiosis - this Nova page has a tutorial with diagrams that help you see the differences between these two often confused concepts. My PowerPoint Notes: Genetics Practice and Play Vocabulary practice game - This is called Jumbled Words and it will help you with the vocabulary in this unit. Simple Genetics Practice Problems - this is sort of a worksheet that you can print out and make sure you understand the basics of genotypes, phenotypes, and running Punnett squares This is a tutorial that will lead you through the basics of Punnett Squares. You may want to preview this before I teach it in class! Rudolph's Genes - this is a cute exercise that will help you make sure you understand Punnett Squares. Genetics Practice Problems - this is a bit tougher, but once you have the concept down, you can do all these! The Gene Machine - a cool "survey" that you will enter phenotype information for yourself and your parents and get genotypes back. I don't know how scientific it is, but it's fun!! |
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