Biology Projects

Make a Karyotype

Summary:

A karyotype is an organized profile of a person's chromosomes. In this activity the student will be making a virtual karyotype by matching 22 chromosomes based on size, banding patterns and centromere positions as guides

Activity Timing:

In its most basic form, this virtual activity will take the average student 30 minutes. If the activity is done using the PDF of the chromosomes, the activity will take one hour.

Materials:

'Click here'  for the link for the virtual activity.

'Click here' for the link for the PDF. This version will require scissor, and glue.

Activity submission:

Take a screen shot of your completed karyotype and upload it to project submissions or hand in the hard copy of the karyotype to your teacher.