This module explores some of the mechanisms responsible for the differential expression of genes, and how environmental factors influence those mechanisms.
In this activity, students use a pedigree and jigsaw puzzles to explore how scientists use genetic information from a family to identify a gene associated with a genetic disorder.
In this instructional module, students use a bioethical decision-making model to consider the ethical, legal and social implications of actual gene therapy trials.
In this lesson, students work in pairs to compare five aspects of an organism that reproduces sexually with one that reproduces asexually. As a class, students share their comparisons and generate a list of general characteristics for each mode of reproduction, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both.
In this inquiry-based activity, students are asked to discover the nature of the mutation in a yeast strain by designing and carrying out their own experiments. Students are provided with a conundrum: the same mutant yeast strain can grow on one type of media plate but not another. What is wrong with it?
This module includes an interactive game and associated learning materials that will help students learn about mechanisms of inheritance, bringing together Mendelian inheritance and molecular genetics concepts.