Gene Screen

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About
Gene Screen is an app which allows you to learn about genes, inheritance, mutations, dominance and genetic diseases.

This app is ideal for engagement as it allows students to investigate the genetic traits of their choice, or come up with a new trait if they can't find anything of interest. It has a focus on the frequency of various genetic diseases in the Jewish community, this allows for engagement of students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, as well as educating the class on the distribution of traits within a particular population as compared with a species as a whole. Furthermore, the "Map of Genetic Diseases" tab allows students to investigate where a disease is more commonly found, as well as closer information on the disease in general.


Instructions
First read all the "Learn About Genetics" tabs, so you have a good base knowledge of inheritance, population genetics, genetic diseases and genetic screening for diseases.






























Then, experiment with the way genetic traits can be passed down from generation to generation using the "Genetic Traits" tab. Choose three different combinations of parents genotype, mate them together and then copy your findings into your exercise book.



























Next, click on the "Map of Genetic Diseases" tab and pick a disease under the "by disease" tab. Once you've selected your disease, click the "Learn more about this disease" button and look at the genetic basis for the disease's inheritance.

- What are the symptoms of the disease?
- Is the gene dominant, recessive or something else?
- What work is being done to treat the disease?























Outcomes Covered

LW3 Advances in scientific understanding often rely on developments in technology, and technological advances are often linked to scientific discoveries. (ACSHE158, ACSHE192)

b. identify that during reproduction the transmission of heritable characteristics from one generation to the next involves DNA and genes (ACSSU184)
c. identify that genetic information is transferred as genes in the DNA of chromosomes
d. outline how the Watson-Crick model of DNA explains:
– changes in genes (mutation)

WS7.1 Students process data and information by:

b. selecting and extracting information from tables, flow diagrams, other texts, audiovisual

resources and graphs, including histograms and column, sector or line graphs

c. accessing data and information by using a range of appropriate digital technologies

WS8 Students solve problems by:

a. describing strategies to develop a range of possible solutions to an identified problem

e. using models to explain phenomena and make predictions