Classroom
Links to reliable genetics resources for teachers and students.
- Interactive Tutorial: Build a DNA Molecule (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Interactive Tutorial: Gel Electrophoresis Virtual Lab (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Interactive Tutorial: The DNA Molecule is Shaped Like a Twisted Ladder (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: DNA in a Blender (American Museum of Natural History)
- Lab or Experiment: Make a DNA Model (American Museum of Natural History)
- Lab or Experiment: Seeing Banana DNA (Arizona State University: Ask a Biologist)
- Lesson Plan: Genetic Timeline (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Teacher Resource: Sequence Bracelets (Genome Research Limited and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- Teacher Resource: Yummy Gummy DNA (Genome Research Limited and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- Interactive Tutorial: A Closer Look at Chromosomes (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Interactive Tutorial: A Half DNA Ladder is a Template for Copying the Whole (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Chromosomes Carry Genes (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Genes Are Real Things (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Genes Get Shuffled When Chromosomes Exchange Pieces (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Specialized Chromosomes Determine Gender (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: Labs (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: DNA Repair - Exploring Nobel Prize Winning Work of Two North Carolina Scientists (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: DNA Replication - A Case Discussion of a Landmark Paper by Meselson and Stahl (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Molecular Genetics (Baylor College of Medicine Center for Educational Outreach)
- Lesson Plan: Origami DNA (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- Lesson Plan: X or Y - Does it Make a Difference? (Baylor College of Medicine Center for Educational Outreach)
- Teacher Resource: PBS LearningMedia: The Nuts and Bolts of DNA Replication (WGBH Educational Foundation)
- Teacher Resource: Visualizing Gene-Expression Patterns (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Interactive Tutorial: Cell Transcription and Translation (PBS Learning Media)
- Interactive Tutorial: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Marshall Nirenberg (National Institutes of Health)
- Interactive Tutorial: DNA Words are Three Letters Long (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: RNA is an Intermediary Between DNA and Protein (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: RNA was the First Genetic Molecule (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Some Viruses Store Genetic Information in RNA (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: The RNA Lab (Public Broadcasting System (NOVA))
- Interactive Tutorial: The RNA Message is Sometimes Edited (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Teacher Resource: Breakfast Proteins (Exploratorium)
- Teacher Resource: Secret Codon (Exploratorium)
- Interactive Tutorial: All Cells Arise From Pre-Existing Cells (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Genes Are Real Things (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Meiosis (The Concord Consortium)
- Interactive Tutorial: Sex Cells Have One Set of Chromosomes (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: What is Meiosis? (The Concord Consortium)
- Lab or Experiment: Recombination Calculations by Branch Diagrams (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Genes in Motion - Mitosis Lesson Guide (National Human Genome Research Institute) (PDF)
- Lesson Plan: NIH Curriculum Supplement: Using Technology to Study Cellular and Molecular Biology (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Lesson Plan: Teacher Guide - Amazing Cells (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Teacher Resource: MIT Open Course Ware (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Interactive Tutorial: DNAi Applications (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Gender Testing of Athletes (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Lab or Experiment: Colorful Electrophoresis (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lab or Experiment: Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) with Powdery Mildew Fungi (The American Phytopathological Society)
- Lab or Experiment: DNA Extraction (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: DNA Fingerprint - Alu (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: Gel Electrophoresis (Exploratorium)
- Lab or Experiment: PCR Virtual Lab (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lab or Experiment: Restriction Analysis (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lesson Plan: DNA - A Molecular Identity (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: DNA, Crime, and Law Enforcement (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Entomology in Action (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Forensics (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Genetics and Reproduction (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Genetics in the Laboratory (National Human Genome Research Institute) (PDF)
- Lesson Plan: Genomics and Human Identity - Sharks, Human Remains (National Human Genome Research Institute and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
- Lesson Plan: How Does Genotyping Work? (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: Protecting Athletes with Genetic Conditions - Sickle Cell Trait (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Short Tandem Repeats...and Murder! (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Interactive Tutorial: Gene Screen App (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Genes Come in Pairs (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Genetic Inheritance Follows Rules (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Mendelian Genetics Cannot Fully Explain Human Health and Behavior (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Mendelian Laws Apply to Human Beings (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Secret Lives of Flowers (Exploratorium)
- Interactive Tutorial: Some Genes Are Dominant (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: Mendelian Inheritance (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lesson Plan: Basic Probability and Chi-Squared Tests (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Can You Taste PTC? (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: Genomics and Inheritance (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Health Family History Module (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Introduction to Complex Inheritance (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: Introduction to Heredity and Traits (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Pigeonetics Guide (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Sex Determination (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: Sex-Linked Inheritance (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: The Mystery of Calico Cats (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: Traits Activities (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Your Family Health History - A DNA Day Activity (National Human Genome Research Institute) (PDF)
- Teacher Resource: DNA From the Beginning (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Teacher Resource: Gene U - Genetics and Inheritance (Baylor College of Medicine Center for Educational Outreach)
- Teacher Resource: Harry Potter's World (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Interactive Tutorial: Evolution Begins With The Inheritance of Gene Variations (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Natural Selection (The Concord Consortium)
- Interactive Tutorial: The Timeline of Ancient DNA (National Human Genome Research Institute and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
- Interactive Tutorial: Using DNA to Trace Human Migration (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Interactive Tutorial: Variation, Selection, and Time (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lab or Experiment: Evolution Lab (Public Broadcasting System (NOVA))
- Lab or Experiment: Exploring Mutant Organisms (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: Finding Selection in All the Right Places (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Color Variation Over Time in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Lesson Plan: Cystic Fibrosis - Exploration of Evolutionary Explanations for the High Frequency of a Common Disorder (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Classroom Activities - Natural Selection and Adaptation (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Lesson Plan: Evolution - Variation + Selection and Time (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: NIH Curriculum Supplement: Evolution and Medicine (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Lesson Plan: Population Genetics (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Interactive Tutorial: A Revolution in Progress: Human Genetics and Medical Research (National Institutes of Health)
- Interactive Tutorial: Basic Genetics (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Interactive Tutorial: Central Dogma and Genetic Medicine (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Interactive Tutorial: Mutations are Changes in Genetic Information (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Saving the Devil (Genome Research Limited and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- Interactive Tutorial: Some Types of Mutations are Automatically Repaired (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Your Genes Your Health - Down Syndrome (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Your Genes Your Health - Hemophilia (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Your Genes Your Health - Huntington Disease (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Interactive Tutorial: Your Genes Your Health - Tay-Sachs Disease (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Lab or Experiment: Labs (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lab or Experiment: The Ames Test (Genetics Society of America)
- Lesson Plan: Cystic Fibrosis (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Genetic Variation (National Human Genome Research Institute) (PDF)
- Lesson Plan: Genomics and Human Identity (National Human Genome Research Institute and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
- Lesson Plan: Inheriting Sickle Cell Anemia (The American Society of Human Genetics)
- Lesson Plan: KRAS - Cancer Mutation (Genome Research Limited and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- Lesson Plan: Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Square Statistics (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Lesson Plan: NIH Curriculum Supplement: Human Genetic Variation (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Lesson Plan: NIH Curriculum Supplement: Rare Diseases and Scientific Inquiry (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Lesson Plan: Traits Activities (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Wild Type and Mutant (Exploratorium)
- Interactive Tutorial: Stem Cells (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Gene Therapy - Molecular Bandage (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Genome Editing and CRISPR (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Stem Cell Research (The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research)
- Lesson Plan: Stem Cells (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Athletics and Genetics (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Introduction to Personal Genetics (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Personalized Medicine (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: Personalized Medicine (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Pharmacogenomics (University of North Carolina School of Medicine)
- Lesson Plan: Scientific Themes in Personal Genetics (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Teacher Resource: Humans in Research (The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research)
- Teacher Resource: The Social Nature of Scientific Research (The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research)
- Interactive Tutorial: Gene Control (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Interactive Tutorial: Lick Your Rats (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Epigenetics Module (Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah)
- Lesson Plan: Genes, Environment, and Genetic Complexity - Aggression in Humans (Personal Genetics Education Project)
- Lesson Plan: The Mystery of Calico Cats (The American Society of Human Genetics)