Comments on: Why fruit flies belong in primary and secondary schools https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/ A blog from the Genetics Society of America Sat, 06 Jul 2019 09:30:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Andreas Prokop https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/#comment-28633 Sat, 06 Jul 2019 09:30:37 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=31580#comment-28633 In reply to Mary Jennings.

Dear Mary, sorry for not having responded. Please, send me an email, and we can send you the genetics resource and bring you in contact with people who can get the flies for you.

]]> By: SBS People: conferences, public engagement and media – FBMH News https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/#comment-26485 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:00:06 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=31580#comment-26485 […] have contributed to the Genetics Society of America’s blog, Genes to Genomes. In their article ‘Why fruit flies belong in primary and secondary schools’ they  explain why school biology lessons are important places to advocate fundamental biomedical […]

]]> By: Mary Jennings https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/#comment-26176 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:48:48 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=31580#comment-26176 I am a middle school science teacher (Grade 7) in the US. I am currently working with a professor from North Carolina to obtain some fly stocks. I wondered if I could access your lesson plans for using fruit flies to teach classical genetics (traits and punnett squares, etc.)? Can you help me? Thanks!

]]> By: Cristy Gelling https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/#comment-25886 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:20:54 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=31580#comment-25886 In reply to Christopher Jones.

Thank you! We have corrected this.

]]> By: Christopher Jones https://genestogenomes.org/flies-in-schools/#comment-25738 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:42:33 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=31580#comment-25738 Wonderful article, and I look forward to exploring some of these ideas in more depth. One typo: it’s “Ishihara” not “Ishara.”

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