From HHMI. A lesson that requires students to work through a series of questions pertaining to the genetics of sickle cell disease and its relationship to malaria. These questions will probe students' understanding of Mendelian genetics, probability, pedigree analysis, and chi-square statistics.
"This video created for high school biology students aims to illustrate the packaging of genetic material in the cell. Created for Sapling Learning in 2011. saplinglearning.com"
Short films that can be read or listened to about heredity, trait, DNA, gene, protein, chromosomes. EACH explains what something is and relates it to everyday items.
California's Tech Museum of Innovation: engineering-design lab lesson plans, uses available materials and explores electromagnetism, solar energy, force and motion, chemical properties, engineering and earthquakes, genetics. Mostly targeted at middle school levels.
"Most of the time, when a cell in our bodies divides, each new cell carries a complete set of chromosomes. The cells involved with human reproduction, however, carry only half after division occurs. In this step-by-step explanation, learn about mitosis and meiosis, the two types of cell division."
"How exactly does meiosis mix and halve chromosomes? Find out through this feature, which provides a step-by-step, side-by-side comparison of meiosis and mitosis."
"Recreating extinct species using DNA may become feasible, but it won't resolve our fraught relationship with our environment, warns writer Frank Swain"
"What happens if you get a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type? Even though a patient's own blood type is the first choice for blood transfusions, it's not always available at the blood bank. Try to save some patients' lives and learn about human blood types!
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