Excellent biology resources for genetics, DNA to protein and cells
Thursday, April 16, 2009 15:28I would like to recommend this site form the University if Utah This site provides resources, activities and lesson plans that are entirely appropriate for A Level and is certainly worth exploring or directing your students to (they like the mouse party activity in particular).
Examples of activities found on the site are:
Online activities:
Transcribe and translate a gene
Mouse Party (how drugs affect the brain)(worksheet available in the resources list mentioned below).
PCR virtual lab (A2) and Gel Elecrophoresis
There is also loads of information on topics such as knockout mice, epigenetics, cloning etc. Some of these might be useful resources for possible coursework essays.
In addition there is a sister site teach.genetics which has a long list of lesson plans and worksheets that are of an appropriate level. I personally like the activity on risk (the risk continuum), which helps make a potentially dull topic in AS a little more active. There is a lot here, including some fun lab ideas plus support material for the HSW section of the course, and is well worth browsing.
I have added quite a few of the online activities into my Moodle coursepage (such as the transcribe a gene activity). I have also found it very useful when students have afternoon free lessons but just want to surf the net…at least they can surf the learn.genetics site in a productive way.
Enjoy!
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