Yesterday I went to a local elementary school to give the 5th grade a class on genetics. They have completed a science module looking at traits and DNA. We looked at the genetic code and how that makes words from the sequence. We then looked at the pigonetics resource at learn.genetics and saw how a single base change can alter a signaling peptide and cause pigeons to develop the crest phenotype. The kids were great, asked lots of questions and loved the pigeon aspect.
I have to thank Mike Shapiro in Biology and Louisa Stark and her group for providing such beautiful science resources for the community. The resources made the science a lot more accessible to kids and the graphics are wonderful.
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