Genetics Learning Activities

Students investigate the inheritance of the ability to taste sodium benzoate by constructing a pedigree of the ability of members of their family to taste them. Includes: 1 vial sodium benzoate, 1 vial control papers (100 papers per vial), and a family pedigree chart. *Test Paper Factoid: Taste papers can be used to demonstrate inheritance. The ability to taste PTC is a hereditary trait. 7 out of 10 people will taste it. Sodium Benzoate tastes sweet, salty, bitter or will be tasteless to different people. Thiourea tastes bitter to most but is tasteless to some!

Students use color-coded pop beads to visualize the structure of amino acid chains with this kit.

Using penicillin-impregnated discs on two plates, students grow one lawn each of two common, naturally occurring pathogen bacteria.

What is genetic engineering?

These bundles are everything you need to perform agarose gel electrophoresis.

This kit demystifies DNA's and RNA's connection to protein synthesis.

A basic introduction to DNA.

Should Jenny Get Tested For Huntington's Disease?

How Do Bacteria Turn On And Turn Off Genes?

Introduce young learners to genetics with DNA builder.

Learn and practice CRISPR.

Simulate multiple generations of Mendellian inheretance.

Learn about genetics through phenotypes.

Highly accurate model of DNA structure.

Identify Host and Donor Bacteria in Gene Transfer Activity

NewPath’s Chromosomes, Genes and DNA Curriculum Learning Module provides a complete set of visual, digital and hands-on resources designed to support teacher instruction and provide students with the skills to master key concepts on Chromosomes, Genes and DNA.