ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
- Intermediate genetics
- These lecture notes and overheads designed for a course at North
Dakota State University provide a good overview.
- Relevant chapters from the MIT Biology Hypertextbook include
- Human Genome Project information
- This U.S. Department of Energy page describes the history,
progress, and resources of the Human Genome Project.
SOFTWARE AND MULTIMEDIA
- GenScope: Genetics from DNA to populations
- This NSF-sponsored site offers free software designed to
teach K-12 genetics. Students study genetics by mating a fictitious
species of dragons.
- Genetics and Mapping
- From this page, you can download Hypercard and Toolbook software designed to teach basic Mendelian genetics and the fundamentals of gene mapping.
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
- Genetics Education Network
- This information on carrying out classroom experiments using flour
beetles or yeast comes from Kansas State University.
- Are we alike?
- This is a cooperative Internet genetics project.
- Here are some activities and projects from Access Excellence:
- Modeling Mendel's Pea Experiment
- Beaker Babies
- Genetics the Easy Way
- So Whose Cow is in the Field?
- Genetic Counseling Activity
- Bioethics Debate
- Geneticist For a Day
- Huntington's Disease Pedigree
- Genetic Dialogues
- Simulated Search for a Disease Gene
- lambda DNA Fingerprinting Simulation
- Where's the CAT? A DNA Profiling Simulation
- Creative Expressions — Protein Synthesis
Learning Links
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