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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Variations on Mendel's Laws (Overview)

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reviews Mendel's basic model of inheritance then provides an overview of variations on Mendel's laws, including multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, pleiotropy, lethal alleles, sex linkage, genetic interactions,...
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Genetics: Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the connection of genes and enzymes in regards to heredity and genetics. Concepts associated with dominant and recessive traits are also presented.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about patterns of inheritance including genotype and phenotype, and then learn about the inheritance of autosomal dominant and recessive and sex-linked genetic disorders.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Heredity: Your Connection to the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An indepth introduction to genetics as a whole with sample lessons, vocabulary, and bibliography. From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Learning Mendelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A decent lab activity which could be used to introduce the concept of dominance and autosomal dominance. This site provides a coin toss activity to learn about Mendelian Genetics.
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Other

Explore Learning: Mouse Genetics: Two Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
Breed pure mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur and eye colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. (Free usage is limited to five minutes...
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Co Dominant Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Arizona, gives an interactive genetics problem dealing with co-dominance. Links are provided throughout this site for additional information on related subjects.
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Other

North Dakota State Univ.: Mendel's Law of Ind. Assort.

For Students 9th - 10th
Mendel's second law and how he arrived at it through his experiments. Includes vocabulary and examples.
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Other

Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.2 Mendel's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the basics behind Mendelian genetics.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mice Rule! (Or Not)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: learn.genetics: Ptc: The Genetics of Bitter Taste

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the PTC gene, and listen to scientists discuss this accidental discovery which lead to important clues about human evolution.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Learning Center: learn.genetics: Rock Pocket Mice

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the environment to see how it plays a role in the rapid evolutionary changes in rock pocket mice.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: X Linked Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will give examples of disorders that are linked to genes on the X chromosome.
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Other

Clermont College: Genetic Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Clermont College provides a good interactive practice test using Punnett squares.
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountian College: Introduction to Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains genetic beliefs before and after Mendel, and also includes a section on Mendel himself and his experiments, entitled, "The Monk and his Peas".
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simulation where students flip coins to mimic how parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through heredity. This activity also illustrates the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and how they interact with each...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mendelian Inheritance in Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers Mendelian inheritance of autosomal and sex-linked traits in humans.
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Education Development Center

Education Development Center, Inc: Weblabs: Mendel

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the genetics of plants discovered by Gregor Mendel in the nineteenth century. These interactives will walk users through the planting and growth of pea plants, possible combinations of plans to alter traits, predict the results...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Benefits of Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents possess, such as fur color, body size, heat tolerance, and running speed. Next they use coin tossing to determine the traits a mouse pup born to these parents...
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Other

Biology Project: The Gene Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Site allows users to learn interesting information about their genes based on his/her physical traits. Provides a brief explanation of how a person's genotype is determined.
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Medelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This set of seven activities will proved a thorough review of Mendel's work. The interactive experiments are easy to follow and drive home the concepts.

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