This Click & Learn is the second resource in Lab 4: Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance and Understanding Sex and Gender. In this resource, students explore the biology of sex determination and development in humans, set against the backdrop of the different sex testing policies implemented throughout sports history.
To use this resource as part of Lab 4:
- Explain to the students that people often interchange the terms sex and gender. However, only sex has a biological basis — similar to lactose tolerance, which they explored in the previous activity.
- Have students complete the Click & Learn and associated “Student Handout.”
- Ask students to write a brief summary of their understanding of the terms sex and gender and how it relates to biology.
You can supplement the lab by having students research a genetic condition and create a presentation or poster about the condition.