Genetics lessons elementary

Last week at my homeschool co-op class, I taught our Magic School Bus Science class and did a lesson all about DNA and Genetics. It was a really fun lesson to prepare and to teach and I wanted to share some of the DNA teaching resources I used to help you teach on this subject. …

This is part 1 of a 7 part hands-on unit study on anatomy of the human body. Create edible models of human cells and DNA, look at cheek cells under a microscope, and more! These lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their siblings. They were created by another creative mom for our weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1/2 hours and have 33 children between the ages of 1-13. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, family, after school program, or co-op!

FREE DOCUMENT RESOURCES! A Fantastic DIY Genetics Lab - learn about genes, Punnett Squares, physical traits, DNA, heritable traits, animal adaptations, biomes, mutations and so, so much more!

BoomLearning.com - Amazing authors make awesome learning content! In this deck of fifteen genetics cards, students practice the definitions of heterozygous and homozygous and identify examples of each. Some of the questions involve dominant and recessive alleles and which trait would show up in an allele pair, so students should have some background knowledge of that to be successful with these digital task cards. Questions are multiple choice, click the correct response, and drag and drop.

These genetic activites for elementary and middle school students are full of fun lessons and games about DNA, RNA, Punnet Squares, and Probabilty.

Teach genetics to your students to help them learn about traits being passed down from parents to their offspring with this fun demonstration.

Teaching genetics in middle school can be tricky. Why not make it engaging and interactive with this student-centered science model of heredity using monsters? In this science project, students will get creative designing monsters and mapping their chromosomes. They will use their knowledge of gene

Kids Creative Chaos: Genetics Activities for Elementary: Lessons and Games

DNA Gene Bracelet for Kids, an easy STEAM Activity using beads to create pattern bracelets. DNA is also a pattern.

Another day I'm putting off my to do list. I just cannot seem to get motivated this summer, even though I had big plans! ;) Oh well, blogging is important- so that counts, right? Today I wanted to share a wonderful website that I used when teaching Genetics and Heredity this year. The website is called Teach Genetics (http://teach.genetics.utah.edu) and is ran by the University of Utah. Although it is geared for middle and high school students, my fifth graders enjoyed MANY of the…