Genetics Teaching Resources Bundle

This bundle contains seven (7) items that can be used to help teach a high school unit on Genetics. The items in this bundle include:

• Human Genetic Disorders Project
• Genetically Modified Foods Research Project
• Genetics Terminology “I Have, Who Has?” Review Game
• Genetics Terminology Crossword Puzzle
• Genetic Crosses Practice Problems
• Punnett Square/Genetic Crosses Worksheet
• Sex-Linked Genetic Crosses Worksheet

Each of these items has its own individual preview available and a full description of each is included below:

1) Human Genetics Disorders Project

This project is a nice compliment/add on to a genetics unit. In the project students will select a human genetic condition to study from the following provided list:

- Cystic fibrosis, colorblindness, hemophilia, Prader-Willi syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cri du chat, Down’s syndrome, albinism, sickle cell anemia, and Turner’s syndrome

Students are then given a detailed list of information to find on their condition and are asked to present their findings using words and diagrams in either a poster or digital format. An easy to use teacher marking scale/rubric is provided.

Students will work independently and in my experience the project takes 2 or 3 class periods to complete. This is an excellent, easy to use project resource for classroom teachers. Also, the simplicity with which it is worded and presented also makes it an ideal resource for distance learning situations and for substitute teachers who may not have a strong science background.

2) Genetically Modified Foods Research Project

This project can be used in a genetics unit to dig deeper into genetically modified organisms (GMOs)/genetically modified foods with your class. In the project students will self-select two (2) examples of genetically modified foods (plant or animal) to investigate. Students are then asked to find:

• how the food source has been genetically modified
• why these modifications were made
• advantages of these modifications
• disadvantages of these modifications

Students are asked to present their findings using words and diagrams in either a poster or digital format. An easy to use teacher marking scale/rubric is provided.

Students will work independently and in my experience the project takes 2 or 3 class periods to complete. This is an easy to use project resource for classroom teachers. Also, the simplicity with which it is worded and presented also makes it an ideal resource for substitute teachers who may not have a strong science background.

3) Genetics Terminology “I Have, Who Has?” Review Game

This 22-item “I Have, Who Has?” game is a fun class activity that can be used as review for students in a high school class at the conclusion of a unit on Genetics. In this particular game, students work as a class to answer questions focusing on vocabulary terms and concepts surrounding genetics. The game is easy to play and complete instructions for how to run the game with your class are included.

Vocabulary terms and knowledge your class should be familiar with before playing the game include:

• alleles
• chromosomes
• codominance
• DNA
• dominant
• gene
• genetics
• genotype
• heterozygous
• homozygous
• incomplete dominance
• mutagen
• mutation
• probability
• phenotype
• Punnett square
• Recessive
• selective breeding
• sex-linked
• trait
• X chromosome
• Y chromosome

4) Genetics Terminology Crossword Puzzle

This 22-item crossword is a good compliment to a high school genetics unit. More specifically, it will provide students with useful review of the vocabulary and terminology associated with genetics. To be successful on this crossword your students should be familiar with the following terms and concepts:

• alleles
• chromosomes
• codominance
• DNA
• dominant
• gene
• genetics
• genotype
• heterozygous
• homozygous
• incomplete dominance
• mutagen
• mutation
• probability
• phenotype
• Punnett square
• recessive
• selective breeding
• sex-linked
• trait
• X chromosome
• Y chromosome

5) Genetic Crosses Practice Problems

This worksheet has 11 genetic crosses practice problems:

• 3 of the crosses are sex-linked, the other 8 are not
• each of the 11 practice problems has multiple sub questions, making for 31 total questions to be answered by your students
• some of the questions also ask students to extrapolate back and forth between F1 and F2 generations to gain a better understanding of intergenerational transfer of alleles.
• a thorough and detailed answer key is provided

This worksheet can be used in a traditional classroom setting. Also, with the detailed answer key provided, if you are in a distance learning situation you may post it in your Google classroom (or whatever distance learning platform you are using) and students can check their work against the answer key.

6) Punnett Square/Genetic Crosses Worksheet

In this worksheet there are:

• 7 genetic crosses scenarios where students have to construct a Punnett square based on the information in the question
• students must then answer multiple questions for each Punnett square they build
• all included, there are 30 questions for students to answer based on the seven scenarios
• a detailed answer key is included

This worksheet can be used in a traditional classroom setting. Also, with the detailed answer key provided, if you are in a distance learning situation you may post it in your Google classroom (or whatever distance-learning platform you are using) and students can check their work against the answer key.

Please note that none of the questions on this sheet involve sex-linked traits. If you are looking for worksheets with these, I do have one in my store.

7) Sex-Linked Genetic Crosses Worksheet

In this worksheet students are presented with:

• 11 sex-linked genetic crosses to perform
• they must construct a Punnett square for each and then answer 4 or 5 questions for each Punnett square they make
• With the multiple sub-parts to each cross, there are a total of 47 questions for students to answer.
• a full, detailed answer key is provided

This worksheet can be used in a traditional classroom setting. Also, with the detailed answer key provided, if you are in a distance learning situation you may post it in your Google classroom (or whatever distance-learning platform you are using) and students can check their work against the answer key.

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