Mutations, Hybrids, and Genetic Modifications

What is a Mutation? https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/mutation/

Mutation Facts for Kids- https://kids.kiddle.co/Mutation

Information

• Genetic Disorders- http://www.ygyh.org/index.htm
• National Human Genome Institute List of Genetic Disorders- https://www.genome.gov/For-Patients-and-Families/Genetic-Disorders
• Mutations and Health- https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer#mutationsanddisorders
• Natural Selection and Genetic Variation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11iYk0Yrx3g

Videos

• 10 Genetic Mutations that Make People Super Humans- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4spuoCCxCw
• Genetic Mutations- National Geographic (45 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2yHeRoc9w
• Genetic Mutations Documentary- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQTFB9QXAk

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Hybrid

INFO

• The Mixed Up World of Hybrids– https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/mixed-world-hybrid-animals
• More About Hybrids– https://www.conservationinstitute.org/9-fascinating-real-hybrid-animals/
• What is the difference between purebred, mixed breed, and hybrid dogs? https://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/hybrid_dog/
• Interspecies Hybrids Play a Vital Role in Evolution- Longer, more difficult article but really interesting– https://www.quantamagazine.org/interspecies-hybrids-play-a-vital-role-in-evolution-20170824/

Video

• How Evolution Creates Hybrids–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3MgXRJ_fys
• Why are hybrids sterile? http://digg.com/video/why-hybrid-animals-sterile
• Hybrid Plants– https://study.com/academy/lesson/hybrid-plants-definition-examples.html
• PBS Why did we hybridize? First Peoples: Europe– https://mainepublic.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3f71fafb-91ca-4b63-9b08-5ffedf2565b9/did-we-hybridize-first-peoples-europe/
• PBS A New Species Emerges– https://mainepublic.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nat14.sci.lifsci.emerges/a-new-species-emerges/

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Genetic Modifications

• What is Genetic Modification? (In plants.)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx953M-tpp4
• What is Genetically Modified Food? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPE5wlB3Zk
• Are GMO’s Good or Bad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TmcXYp8xu4

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Genetic Engineering

What is gene editing? A quick summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-h0xu6GI4

• What is genetic engineering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_ZUEKWhBc
• Designer Babies- The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1a2larfMIA
• What is Gene Editing and How Does it Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDb8tqgfjY

Genetics and Heredity

Traits

• https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/traits/

Passing Traits

• Gregor Mendel and His Pea Plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt1RFnWNzk
• Genes vs Alleles- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09kUKWSvAQ
• Dominant and Recessive Alleles– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-_fwABa2BU
• Amoeba Sisters and Genes– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3Kj0UjiLE

Karyotypes

• Teacher’s Pet- Chromosomes and Karyotypes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDYbbi5S_zQ
• Reading a Karyotype– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP3mm04OrQg
• Secrets of the X Chromosome– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veB31XmUQm8&list=PLTvC4t9TqfqN2Gc0JdppI6BckdY3-PLaS

Punnett Square/Mendel’s Genetic Interactive

• Gene Screen– https://www.dnalc.org/resources/genescreen/punnett-empty.html
• Punnett Square Concept Practice– http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078778066/student_view0/chapter5/math_practice.html
• Mendel’s Laws– Sorting Traits
• Theory of Heredity– Mendel’s Traits Drag the appropriate traits on Jenna’s face based on the traits denoted by the white circles in the punnet squares.

COOL and Other

• DNA Replication– https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/dna-replication-basic-detail

Hybrids

• The Mixed Up World of Hybrids– https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/mixed-world-hybrid-animals
• More About Hybrids– https://www.conservationinstitute.org/9-fascinating-real-hybrid-animals/

DNA

Info

• What are DNA and GENES- https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/dna
• DNA and Genes, Ducksters– https://www.ducksters.com/science/biology/dna.php
• AMAZING SITE- DNA from the Beginning– http://www.dnaftb.org/1/index.html

Videos

• What is DNA and How Does it Work? by Stated Clearly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwibgNGe4aY
• Brain Pop: DNA– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xjdmj_iKhs
• Genome Sequence
  • An Introduction to the Human Genome– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEJp7B6u_dY
  • The Race to Sequence the Human Genome– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhsIF-cmoQQ
  • What is DNA and Gene Sequencing? (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htNK6DT69IE
  • My Genome Sequence- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn3_FlEbe0U
  • How to Sequence a Genome Introduction– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4i6lYfYQzY&list=PLF0701633C91835BF&index=2&t=0s

Interactive

• Learn Genetics- Build a DNA Molecule– https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/builddna/
• The Double Helix Educational Game– https://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/dna_double_helix/dnahelix.html
• Watch how DNA copies itself- https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/dna-replication-basic-detail

Plant Reproduction

The Great Plant Escape- How do plants reproduce? https://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case4/c4m1.html

Flower Structure Puzzle- Interactive: http://planeta42.com/biology/flowerpuzzle/

Flower part interactive- https://online.seterra.com/en-an/vgp/3813

Video

• Study Jams- Flower Reproduction– http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/flowers.htm
• Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OFF2qYvLag
• Amoeba Sisters- Angiosperm Reproduction– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYPm2idSTE

Wednesday, May 29th: Mitosis vs Meiosis

INFORMATION

• Mitosis vs Meiosis- http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab3/concepts1.html
• Meiosis-Amoeba Sisters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDMG7ke69g
• Mitosis and Meiosis Comparison- Amoeba Sisters- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKdz93WlVk

COMPARING MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

• Mitosis vs Meiosis Comparison- https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/mitosis-versus-meiosis
• Differences Between Mitosis and Meiosis- https://microbiologyinfo.com/differences-between-mitosis-and-meiosis/
• Mitosis and Meiosis Compare and Contrast- https://getrevising.co.uk/grids/mitosis-and-meiosis
• Meiosis vs Mitosis- Bio Ninja- https://ib.bioninja.com.au/higher-level/topic-10-genetics-and-evolu/101-meiosis/meiosis-vs-mitosis.html

MITOSIS/MEIOSIS INTERACTIVE

• Mitosis vs Meiosis Matching Game- https://www.easynotecards.com/matching/32986
• Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis- https://www.quia.com/pa/44116.html?AP_rand=1148928460
• Cells Alive
  • Mitosis- https://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis_js.htm
  • Meiosis- https://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis_js.htm

Tuesday, May 28th: Cell Division and Mitosis

REAL MITOSIS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L61Gp_d7evo
• MITOSIS– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22V73bs4FAo

INFORMATION

• ABPI- Cell Division– https://www.abpischools.org.uk/topic/celldivision/1/1
• Cell Division and Cell Cycle– https://www.ducksters.com/science/biology/cell_division.php
• Amoeba Sisters- Mitosis– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI

INTERACTIVE

• WISC Cell Division– https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/bio204/cell-division
• Mitosis Mover– https://biomanbio.com/HTML5GamesandLabs/Genegames/mitosismoverpage.html
• Cell Division Step by Step –https://students.ga.desire2learn.com/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/1798/12656/mitosis-meiosis9.html
• Ordering the Steps of Mitosis– https://www.centreofthecell.org/learn-play/games/mitosis/
• Cell Mitosis Learning Game– http://planeta42.com/biology/cellmitosis/

Friday, May 10th: Catching a Virus

The CDC- Center for Disease Control– https://www.cdc.gov/

Cell Size and Scale– https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/

YouTube

• Amoeba Sisters- Viruses- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s
• Where do viruses come from? Evolution of Viruses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X31g5TB-MRo
• What is a virus and how do they work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KXHwhTghWI
• Bacteriophage- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI3tsmFsrOg
• What is a bacteriophage? https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/bacteriophage-phage-293

Specific Viruses

• The Flu Virus- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSZEcpti2i0
• Ebola 101: National Geographic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5wTekutg8

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FIGHTING PATHOGENS

• The Immune System- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s
• How Vaccines Work– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7TVW77ZCs
• What causes antibiotic resistance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnp-Ivj2ek
• Amoeba Sisters: Antibiotics, Antivirals, and Vaccines-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUf_pt7Sh0&t=128s
• The Difference Between Antibiotics and Antivirals– http://eswi.org/knowledge-center/difference-between-vaccines-antivirals-and-antibiotics/

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Interactive Websites

• Virus Exploration- https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/virus-explorer/?_ga=2.185102761.1633968709.1557367633-458036732.1557367633
• Infectious Disease Interactives- https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/infectious-disease
• Solve the Outbreak- https://www.cdc.gov/mobile/applications/sto/web-app.html

Bacteria: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Background Info

• Microbiology Online- Bacteria: https://microbiologyonline.org/about-microbiology/introducing-microbes/bacteria
• Bacteria for Kids– Video at end about bacteria being energy producers: http://www.biology4kids.com/files/micro_bacteria.html

The Ugly Bacteria

• What are Pathogens- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsZS4RCWpcE
• Bacterial Diseases- https://www.healthgrades.com/conditions/bacterial-diseases

Uses of Bacteria

• Gut Bacteria– The new “big idea” in health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIAltUyFo5o
• Turning Bacteria into Energy– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmyG7XDl8w
• Bacteria and Electricity– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj23qMhpVcg&list=PLRg-eXrZuuUcu-aaObliSwcZdQR18Qn66&index=8&t=0s
• Oil Eating Bacteria Clean Up Oil Spills– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPgLJrk0sGQ

Interactive

• Bacteria in the Cafeteria- https://www.amnh.org/ology/features/bacteria_in_the_cafeteria_game/
• Bacterial Cell Tutorial and Game- https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/bacteria_cell_tutorial.htm
• Microorganisms at Work- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/microorganisms.html

The Immune System and Antibiotics

• Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Immune Response- https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/588-bacteria-good-bad-and-ugly
• The Immune System- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s&t=4s
• How Your Immune System Works- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IYt5Z3eC4
• Antibiotics Resistance Game- https://www.brainpop.com/games/antibioticresistancegame/

Catching a Virus

YouTube

• Amoeba Sisters- Viruses- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s
• Where do viruses come from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X31g5TB-MRo
• What is a virus and how do they work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KXHwhTghWI
• Bacteriophage- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI3tsmFsrOg
• What is a bacteriophage? https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/bacteriophage-phage-293

The Immune System- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s

Interactive Websites

• Virus Exploration- https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/virus-explorer/?_ga=2.185102761.1633968709.1557367633-458036732.1557367633
• Infectious Disease Interactives- https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/infectious-disease
• Solve the Outbreak- https://www.cdc.gov/mobile/applications/sto/web-app.html

Plant-like Protists

Protozoans are animal-like protists, depending on other organisms for food. There are other protists that are plant and fungi like.

Protozoan Review– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjX1mJH2sU0

DISEASE CONNECTION

Each group of protozoans (ciliates, amoebas, flagellates, and sporozoans) has parasitic species. Use the Internet and books to find at least one disease that affects humans and is caused by a member of each group (Ciliates- Amoebas- Flagellates- Sporozoans).

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Plant-Like (and Funguslike) Protists

• Plant-like Protists: quick summaries with images- https://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/notes_plantlikeprotists.html
• Funguslike Protists- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_Introductory_Biology_(CK-12)/8%3A_Protists_and_Fungi/8.6%3A_Molds
• Ck-12 Algae– https://www.ck12.org/biology/algae/lesson/Plant-like-Protists-MS-LS/

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OTHER?

• Amoeba Sisters– Protists and Fungi- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK7Ckmxxqds