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Genetics: A Recipe for You! (Ages 8-12) (Multi-Day)

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Ages 8-12
Live Group Class
In this 4-week online course, students will learn all about basic topics in Genetics.
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(440 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 4 weeks
2-8 learners per class
30 min

What's included

4 live meetings
2 in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
In this Multi-Day class, students will meet one time each week over the course of 4 weeks. By the end of the 4 weeks, students will have an understanding of basic Genetics. Topics covered include the difference between genes, chromosomes, and DNA, heredity and family history, and the path from genetic information stored in DNA to creating proteins.

Here are the topics to be covered each week:
Week 1: Introduction to Genetics: What is DNA?
Week 2: Heredity: Where did I come from?
Week 3: How does my body "read" DNA?
Week 4: Genetic Diseases

After each lesson, I post a handout reviewing the topics and terms covered in that week's lesson. In addition, students will be asked to complete a "research project" each week between classes. They may choose their favorite topic from the past week's lesson, research it during the week, then present what they learned to the class the following week. (Students may also post a video of themselves presenting their research if they prefer that to presenting live.) The purposes of the research project are to: 1) keep students thinking about the subject matter between classes, 2) foster curiosity and the practice of asking questions to learn, and 3) to introduce the idea of research, which is central to all sciences.

Though no previous knowledge of Genetics is required, this course may be taken after my One-Time course “A Recipe for You: Introduction to Genetics”, if students are not ready to commit to a 4-week course.

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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined January, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Brigham Young University-Idaho
I am a recent graduate in Biomedical Science and plan to pursue graduate studies in Genetic Counseling. While I have recently completed college-level genetics classes, I restrict my content to basic genetics only. However, my background allows me to answer the difficult or complex questions that often arise.

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