A.S.L.E.E.P. INITIATIVE
POPECOLOGY - POPULATION & EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
This resource kit features a card game used to engage learners while demonstrating how traits interact with different environments, gene pools drive adaptation, and how trait frequencies in animal or plant populations change with time (or, how plants and animal groups evolve). This game is designed to transition into learning about gene sequences and the link between genotype and phenotype in higher grades.
I CHLOROFEEL YOU, PLANT SCIENCE IS "GRAPE"
Students will explore the link between genotype and phenotype in an inquiry-based term-long project that incorporates growing classroom plants and molecular biology techniques. This resource package offers students the chance to explore plant genetics without requiring access to laboratory facilities, and additionally is designed to be incorporated into further student-directed research projects. This package is funded by the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, NSERC Ambassadors, and Thermo Fisher Scientific!
UNZIP YOUR GENES! INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Students will investigate inheritable human diseases and the genetic basis of these conditions using free online software. In the process of meeting broad curriculum objectives, students will gain experience using bioinformatics techniques and select computer coding languages. This activity provides students the opportunity to work with human gene sequences, computationally demonstrate the process of gene expression and investigate how mutations influence a translated product, and offers an experiential foundation when learning about topics related to historical and emerging biotechnology.