Genetics! - Chapter 5
Need Help with Genetics or Punnett Squares? Or do you just want some more practice? Then try these interactive sites!
Click on any of the below links (in green) to practice each skill!
Plant Your Own Peas – This game lets you plant peas just like Mendel did!
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Mendel/MendelMenu.html
Pigeonetics - Test your skills in genetics by breeding pigeons!
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/pigeons/pigeonetics/
Furry Family – Practice using Punnett Squares and create a bunny family using this interactive game!
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/FurryFamily.swf
Basketball Hoop Shoot Out: Punnett Squares - Like playing "Horse" but with Punnett Squares added in!
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=136
Soccer Penalty Shoot Out: The player must get a question correct to try and score a penalty shot on a soccer goalie.
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/ps.php?id=136
Drag and Drop Genetics - Practice Punnett Squares and check your work to see if you are correct!
http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/mono.htm
Game show - Grade or No Grade! (like Deal or No Deal) The contestant picks an envelope. At the end of each turn, they get an offer to buy their grade. Take it or leave it!
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/gong.php?id=136
Dog Breeding – Test your knowledge of genetic inheritance by breeding Border Collie puppies with certain traits.
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html
Chicken and Lemmings, anyone? – Try to help your friend figure out what her baby chicks will look like and learn about lemmings! What the heck are they!?
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
Rags to Riches: Answer questions in a quest for fame and fortune! - A "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" style game on genetics, DNA structure and protein synthesis.
http://www.quia.com/rr/286302.html
Hangman Style: Cells, Genetics, and Heredity - Guess letters to make vocabulary words for the Genetics and Heredity chapter. Use the clues to help you solve the words.
http://www.quia.com/hm/747835.html
Punnett Square Practice QUIZ - Choose your answers carefully after you have completed the Punnett Square. Be sure to READ each question 2x to make sure you are answering what it asks!
http://www.quia.com/quiz/220564.html
Make a Karyotype! Match up chromosomes to create a completed karyotype.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/karyotype/
The following WEB links will require you to log in to the textbook website. Please refer to the link for online TEXTBOOK above for directions on how to obtain a username and password for the site, if you have not done so already.
Interactive QUIZZES – Great study tools! (Hint, Hint !)
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit1/chapter5/math_practice.html
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit1/chapter5/section_1_self-check_quiz-eng_.html
Click on any of the below links (in green) to practice each skill!
Plant Your Own Peas – This game lets you plant peas just like Mendel did!
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Mendel/MendelMenu.html
Pigeonetics - Test your skills in genetics by breeding pigeons!
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/pigeons/pigeonetics/
Furry Family – Practice using Punnett Squares and create a bunny family using this interactive game!
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/FurryFamily.swf
Basketball Hoop Shoot Out: Punnett Squares - Like playing "Horse" but with Punnett Squares added in!
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=136
Soccer Penalty Shoot Out: The player must get a question correct to try and score a penalty shot on a soccer goalie.
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/ps.php?id=136
Drag and Drop Genetics - Practice Punnett Squares and check your work to see if you are correct!
http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/mono.htm
Game show - Grade or No Grade! (like Deal or No Deal) The contestant picks an envelope. At the end of each turn, they get an offer to buy their grade. Take it or leave it!
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/gong.php?id=136
Dog Breeding – Test your knowledge of genetic inheritance by breeding Border Collie puppies with certain traits.
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html
Chicken and Lemmings, anyone? – Try to help your friend figure out what her baby chicks will look like and learn about lemmings! What the heck are they!?
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
Rags to Riches: Answer questions in a quest for fame and fortune! - A "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" style game on genetics, DNA structure and protein synthesis.
http://www.quia.com/rr/286302.html
Hangman Style: Cells, Genetics, and Heredity - Guess letters to make vocabulary words for the Genetics and Heredity chapter. Use the clues to help you solve the words.
http://www.quia.com/hm/747835.html
Punnett Square Practice QUIZ - Choose your answers carefully after you have completed the Punnett Square. Be sure to READ each question 2x to make sure you are answering what it asks!
http://www.quia.com/quiz/220564.html
Make a Karyotype! Match up chromosomes to create a completed karyotype.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/karyotype/
The following WEB links will require you to log in to the textbook website. Please refer to the link for online TEXTBOOK above for directions on how to obtain a username and password for the site, if you have not done so already.
Interactive QUIZZES – Great study tools! (Hint, Hint !)
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit1/chapter5/math_practice.html
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007877800x/student_view0/unit1/chapter5/section_1_self-check_quiz-eng_.html