Category Archives: 04 Genetics
HHMI Biointeractive: teach ahead of the textbook
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has produced some great, interactive resources for medicine and genetics, including a virtual ELISA test and a transgenic fly virtual lab. Go and have a look – there’re also plenty of animations, though even Flashcatcher can’t save them.
Download a worksheet for the ELISA here.
For a simple mock HIV test (using potassium iodide, lead nitrate and a bit of imaginitive labeling), visit the IB Biology Lab Bank
I Love Wales
This site has a good few downloadable SMART Board resources and the like. There’s a nice, simple enzymes activity right here. Their KS3 Science area has some Physics and Chemistry resources, too.
Genetic Engineering: Glowing Pigs and Fish
I’ve no idea where this clip was taken from, but it’s a good 5-minute warmer for the topic of GM and it’s possibilities and potential pitfalls.
Some Cell Cycle Silliness
Very silly – but could be used to lighten a dull lesson or start a discussion on what’s missing. Thanks to greathat from the TES Boards for posting the links.
1. Mitosis Song with hi-tech video:
“Please baby, no television – I just wanna talk about cell division…”
Two meiosis videos after the jump.
Belyaev’s Foxes: Genetics in Action
This clip from NOVA neatly explains how Belyaev bred tame foxes – and also worked out where the markings of modern dogs may have come from.
i-Biology 