Are there any excellent interactive tools on genetics for a sophomore Biology class?

Hi, I'm a first year science teacher. I'm trying to find something really interactive for my students to do during our genetics unit. I was wondering if anyone knew of any web 2.0 tools that work well?

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Permalink Reply by Gerald Carey on May 7, 2010 at 9:32pm

Hi Jayde.
You could try here: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
It has a pretty good range of interactives.
Usually I find that typing "genetics animations" into Google or "genetics flash" or "genetics swf" will bring up a pretty comprehensive range of interactive material.
I am a Science teacher from Australia. Does Sophomore mean "Year 9"? I ask because I teach a Year 9 Science class.
All the best in your first year.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on May 8, 2010 at 4:22pm

I am not a biology teacher, but I am an ELD coach for one at my site. I found the following sites that he liked:

http://www.quia.com/shared/bio/

http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/

http://www.neok12.com/

I have more sites on my website under SCIENCE.

Good luck!

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com
www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by John Sowash on May 9, 2010 at 8:00pm

I second the recommendation of the University of Utah Genetics Center. It's great. I usually have my students do the Click and Clone activity. This year we also did the Gel Electrophoresis activity.

NOVA has a nice website on "Cracking the Code." They were kind enough to post the entire 2-hour special presentation that you can stream live for your class. It's broken up into sections which is nice. I usually pick a few to show my class.

I've also compiled a few other classroom resources on genetics on my personal wiki. My favorites are above, but there are a few animations, articles, and labs as well.

If you need any other help, send me an email: jsowash [at] southfieldchristian [dot] org. I'm finishing up my third year so I can vividly remember how crazy it is your first year.

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Permalink Reply by Jayde on May 10, 2010 at 8:25am

Thanks this is all really helpful information.

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Permalink Reply by Jayde on May 10, 2010 at 8:26am

Sophomore is grade 10 here and thanks for the help.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Durff on May 10, 2010 at 11:11am

There is a really cool app in Second Life - since they are in HS, project your screen while you interact with the science thing in Second Life. It was the subject of an ISTE Eduverse Events a while back. These are all archived online at http://www.iste-eduverse.org/ and Kevin Jarrett would remember (he was the host).