Genes and You Contents

Genes and You - Teaching about Genetics from a Human Perspective.

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Genes and You - Table of Contents

Section Title	Web Page Link	Download
Introduction	Introduction
Acknowledgements	Acknowledgements
Cross Curricular Activities
Unit 1: What's it got to do with me?	What's it got to do with me?
Unit 2: The Image of Perfection	The Image of Perfection
Unit 3: What's in a Word	What's in a Word
Unit 4: Hitting back?	Hitting back?
Unit 5: To have a baby or not to have a baby? - that is the question	To have a baby or not to have a baby? - that is the question
Unit 6: Weighing the pros and cons	Weighing the pros and cons
Unit 7: Blame it on your genes	Blame it on your genes
Unit 8: The good, the bad and.......	The good, the bad and.......
Activities to support the teaching of human genetics within the science curriculum
Genes, Chromosomes and DNA	Genes, Chromosomes and DNA
True or False?	True or false?
Four genetic conditons	Four genetic conditons
Genetic/Chromosomal Condition Cards
Achondroplasia	Achondroplasia
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)	Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
Cleft Lip and Palate	Cleft Lip and Palate
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)	Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)	Epidermolysis (EB)
Galactosaemia	Galactosaemia
Haemophilia	Haemophilia
Huntington's Disease(HD)	Huntington's Disease (HD)
Inherited breast cancer	Inherited breast cancer
Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (LMBBS)	Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (LMBBS)
Neurofibromatosis(Nf)	Neurofibromatosis (Nf)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI	Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
Psoriatic Arthropathy (PA)	Psoriatic Arthropathy (PA)
Sickle Cell Anaemia	Sickle Cell Anaemia
Tay Sachs Disease	Tay Sachs Disease
Thalassaemia	Thalassaemia
Usher Syndrome	Usher Syndrome
Vitiligo	Vitiligo
Information Sheets
Information Sheet 1: Chromosomes and You	Information Sheet 1: Chromosomes and You
Information Sheet 2: Boy or Girl?	Information Sheet 2: Boy or Girl?
Information Sheet 3: How are genetic disorders passed on?	Information Sheet 3: How are genetic disorders passed on?
Glossary
Glossary	Glossary

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