Review for:The Lac Operon

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posted: on June 7, 2008 at 7:56AM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Biology

Topic I was teaching:
Operations of the genes

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
Have students understand the way prokaryotes "turn on" and off genes.

Course Level:
Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
I used the animation as part of a lecture taking the process step by step. Students then had to summarize what they were seeing. They were then to use the rest of the site as a review session at home.

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Provides practice or tutorial

Strengths:
Very easy to work and easy for students to understand. The aniamtion is not over crowded with too many objects. This can be used in the classroom or just as a student review sheet.

Weaknesses:
Not too many considering what it is. We don't spend a lot of time on this subject so it works for our needs.

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