On Friday, the students worked on the Hidaya pedigree. Many of them saw it as a challenge and dug right in. I did assign groups. In the last few activities of last semester, I let students pick groups. This only caused students to group by ability and usually color. With this new way of teaching, it is important for students to hear many different perspectives.
Usually I start genetics by teaching about DNA then going to genetics, punnet squares, pedigrees and then karyotyping. I am really liking this order. By the time we talk about DNA and protein synthesis, it will have far more meaning and relevance to them.
The questions you get in genetics are the best! "Is breast size genetic?" "Do transgender people have something in their genes that makes them that way?" This is just two of the questions I got.
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