Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Student pairs do some simulated karyotyping for normal & abnormal cases.

Objective: To have students explore current techniques and research being done which is built on the foundations of the material they have just studied.

Activity: There are a number of lab manuals which provide very realistic chromosome pictures which carry different abnormalities. The students can do a karyotype themselves by cutting and pasting, identify the genetic abnormality which they have found to be present, and then do some research on that disease, its severity and consequences, and share that in an oral report to the class.

Assessment: Quality of the karyotype, proper identification of the chromosomal abnormality and resulting syndrome, research and class presentation.