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This simulation has detailed passages that students can read or have narrated out loud to them. These narrations are great for all students because their learning is being activated through reading, listening, as well as manipulating the parts of the simulation.
The simulation can also be completed numerous times, each time giving a different result. Students won't be bored as they make earthquakes and read about their impacts on people's homes.
There are also a lot of vocabulary words that are being introduced throughout the simulation, as well as their pronunciations, making this activity great to do during the beginning of an earthquake unit.
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I enjoyed this simulation because I have never seen anything else like it before. Students can type in any character as their parent alleles, and the simulation will use them.
The simulation then shows where each allele comes from, and then combines each parents' alleles to show the different combinations.
I think this simulation would be good to send a child home with as a review if they are struggling on this one specific topic. However, it covers only that one topic and in a very simplistic manner, so this simulation would not be useful in a student's comprehension of the entire unit.
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- Easy to find information-placed in categories
- Elaborate explainations for each disorder
- Interactive experience
- On-screen glossary
I absolutely love this website! It is full of so much information on many different topics. However, all of this information could confuse kids if the teacher hasn't introduced proper vocabulary before attempting this simulation because scientific terms are used extensively. The glossary is a nice added touch, but I still think students should have some basic genetic vocabulary before starting.
It is definitely a site for more advanced classes and students because the extensive information it provides and the details it goes into for each disorder.