1. Teaching Genetics With Dogs
An instructors’ Overview
Copyrigh © 2013 by The Adapa Project

2. Why Use Dogs As Models For Teaching Genetics?
They have tremendous power to engage students’ attention Put another way…
INSTRUCTOR NOTES: if you are re-using this presentation to demonstrate the model to others, we recommend showing no more than 3 of the following photos. We included a variety of photographs so users can choose which are best for their audience. There is a mix of working breeds, herder/guardians, companion, and hunting/gun breeds . All photos are tagged with breed and link to their original source.
In deciding which photos to show, the goal is for the audience to experience firsthand the emotional response that dogs generate for students.
See Notes ∨

3. …This is Why! Rough collie

4. Why Use Dogs As Models For Teaching Genetics?
“Aaww…” factor:
Students engage emotionally with dogs on many levels
Emotional engagement improves both motivation, attention
Students can connect genetic principles directly to their personal lives

5. Welsh corgi

6. Border collies

7. Yellow Labrador retriever

8. American Eskimo dog

9. Long-haired German shepherd

11. Eurasier

12. Border collies

13. Saint Bernard

14. Pug

15. Shih tzu

16. Japanese akita with pup

17. Other Benefits of Dogs As Models For Teaching Genetics
Dogs, human share defects, diseases
Ex. Hypocretin receptor tied to narcolepsy ID’ed in dachshunds
Easily scored traits w/varied inheritance
Clear links b/t genotypes, molecules, phenotypes
Breeds are well isolated sub-populations
Ample open-access literature

18. The Adapa Project
Our Question: What is needed to make dogs a viable genetics teaching model?
Central, managed resource collection
Tools to develop new teaching resources
Curation strategy
Collaborators, contributors, end-users

19. Our Solution

20. Teaching Genetics With Dogs: Mendel, Molecules & A Cold Wet Nose
One-stop resource repository
Info, tools, ideas
Supports crowd-sourced contributions
Catalog of genetics problems:
Is fully open-source
Has transparent authoring, review
Aims to cover all major course topics

21. Accessing Project Resources
No username, password req’d to browse catalog
Free registration req’d to download, comment, collaborate online
Only validated instructors can access solutions, notes

22. Accessing Project Resources
Instructors can publish any genetics problems they develop in our library
We encourage other collaborators to help us continue building project

23. To Learn More…
Teaching Genetics With Dogs is part of:
The Adapa Project ( Helping ALL Students Learn Successfully
Other projects & resources:
BioBook (avail. 7/15)
Authoring and dissemination resources
Free software for students
Ed-Tech collaborative spaces

24. Copyright & Reuse of This Presentation
Copyright © 2013by The Adapa Project ( a not-for-profit educational organization.
This compilation work is available for re-use under the terms of aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
All or part may be revised and reused for non-commercial educational purposes provided the original source is clearly indicated.
Unless marked otherwise, all images contained in this compilation are from Creative Commons licensed sources.
Photos may be reused for non-commercial educational purposes provided the original source is clearly marked.
Links to original sources are in the Notes section of each slide.