Genetics

This is a worksheet and practice in collecting data and representing it in bar graph form, and is designed to help students understand the fascinating role of genetics in determining eye color.

In this activity, students will explore the concept of genetics as a special code that influences our physical appearance, including eye color. They will learn that genes act as tiny instructions within our bodies, inherited from our parents at birth. This hands-on activity and reading passage will help students discover the magic behind eye color inheritance.

With this video you can easily start off a class on genetics or reproduction.  Simply propose the age old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?  Discuss this a little bit with your class and see what they have to say.  How much to they understand the theory of evolution and natural selection? Then watch the video as an excellent explanation unfolds.

This video discusses the possibilities of humans using specific genes and traits and trying to predict intelligence of future babies.  The video does a good job explaining the Human Genome experiment and visually demonstrates how genes and traits are passed on.

Did you and your students know that we all have cancer genes? This video goes through the cell cycle and how cancer cells begin forming and talks about the genes that help fight or start the cancer process.

This video demonstrates some of the actual scientific means for muscle growth.  Very strong individuals might owe their muscle growth to a specific gene.

This is a decent music video that does a pretty good job explaining DNA and its structure and bonding.

Here is an excellent video about how scientists map the human genome. Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine, Tissues, Organs, Organism, DNA, and genes, are keywords that are used in the video.

Here is a website that has a sliding animation to demonstrate the size of cells and compares them to many other objects including viruses, parts of cells, and bacterium.  This would be a great visual for your students when introducing the cell.

Learn about the incredible adaptations of butterflies in this fascinating video. Discover how these beautiful creatures have evolved to protect themselves and attract mates. From camouflage to mimicry, you'll see some amazing examples of adaptation in action. Keep exploring for more educational resources including worksheets, activities, and videos at http://EducationalResource.org.

A worksheet for your students to practice Punnett Squares, deciding between heterozygous and homozygous, and describing the genotype and the phenotype. The worksheet uses characters from Sponge Bob.