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Worksheet
Curated OER

Thomas Hunt Morgan and the White-Eyed Mutant

For Students 9th - 12th
Find any article about the genetic research of Thomas Hunt Morgan on the sex-linked eye color trait in Drosophila melanogaster. After having your class read the selection, they can answer these eight critical-thinking questions. This is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student manipulate flies, examine their external anatomy, begin a fly journal and make cultures of wild type flies. Students cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students manipulate flies, examine their external anatomy, begin a fly journal and make cultures of wild type flies.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect their own flies and construct crosses, then compare them to the data from lesson two.