Learning Exercises

An interactive lecture that uses flash animations showing the researcher and their experiments that were used to develop... see more

Writing a Wikipedia article about a genetic disease is a good culminating activity for a genetics course or module, as it... see more

This assignment uses a computer simulation of fruit fly genetics to have students design and interpret monohybrid crosses... see more

Problem-based assignments where students use the EvolutionLab to investigate natural selection on a quantitative trait.... see more

Students use the TranslationLab to determine the genetic code by translating di-, tri-,and tetra-nucleotide repeats.... see more

Students map human disease genes using pedigrees and RFLPs. Course: Intro Biology, Genetics see more

The last part of Mapping Human Genetic Traits Course: Intro Biology, Genetics see more

This rubric describes the grading criteria for trihybrid mapping problems. Course: Genetics see more

A grading rubric for a large mapping prblem involving several genes Course: Genetics see more

Trihybrid crosses and mapping of numerous genes. Course: Genetics see more

This is a follow-up assignment for students who have already used the FlyLab to look at mono-hybris crosses. In this... see more

A grading rubric for FlyLab assignment #2. see more

This is a sample write up for the first problem in FlyLab assignment 1. Course: Genetics see more

The second part of FlyLab Assignment 1. This finishes the instructions on how to do crosses using the FlyLab and how to... see more

This is a scoring rubric for FlyLab Assignment 1 giving the characteristics expected in the write-ups for this assignment... see more

An introductory assignment that takes students step by step through the Flylab and then has them investigate some simple... see more