Instructify

March 19, 2010

When I went over genetics in my biology class in high school, it was Punnett Squares, a bit of Darwin, and not much else. Fast forward more than a decade and the field of genetics has grown exponentially. Things like the human genome project have furthered our understanding of the building blocks of all life in amazing ways. But how do we take all this new knowledge and get it out of the professional scientist’s hands and into the classroom? One answer is the website Scitable, a giant repository of all things genetics.

Scitable has a great section for teachers that contains great readings on genetics. It also allows you to create a virtual classroom space for your student to collaborate. The site is multimedia-rich and easy to navigate. If you’re doing a session in your biology class on genetics, check out Scitable to add some zing to the lesson and really engage your students.

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