California Condor Genetics

This action plan goes step by step to guide students to take positive conservation actions!

Build a condor pedigree for founding three clans and track a lethal genetic disease, chondrodystrophy . (~15 mins.)

In this folder, you'll find two activities developed by other teachers related to the content in the California Condor Genetics lab. (~5-7, 60 min. classes)

This folder features videos from a range of conservation efforts to save the California Condor. (~5 mins.)

This is a fully developed lesson matching the NGSS standard it is named after! This is the main HyperDoc, which features a guided lesson plan designed to be done over a week and complements our California Condor Genetics lab. (time varies)

• Literature Dive Lesson Plan: This lesson plan is designed to give background on this activity and provide context on how to set up this lesson with students.

• Pre-Lesson Article: This scientific article is from the journal Solutions and is designed to be presented to students as context BEFORE the California Condor Genetics lab. (~15 mins.)

• Post-Lesson Article: This article from the journal ZooBiology is based on SDZWA research and is designed to be presented to students as context AFTER the California Condor Genetics lab. (~15 mins.)

In this recorded presentation, you will hear from Aryn Wilder, a scientist on our Genetics team. This presentation covers genomics for conservation by highlighting research on the white rhinoceros and the Pacific pocket mice. (~30 mins.)

You must download the presentation and save it as a PowerPoint to listen to the recording.

This activity features two condor karyotypes seen under a microscope. Completed in the MS lab, this activity presents another way students can identify the sex of a condor. (~15 mins.)