TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Restriction Enzymes and Dna Fingerprinting
The discovery of restriction enzymes and their applications in DNA analysis has proven to be essential for biologists and chemists. This lesson focuses on restriction enzymes and their applications to DNA analysis and DNA fingerprinting....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: All in the Family
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students the scientific reasoning behind the societal taboo of incest. Students complete a Punnett square to determine the chances of an offspring inheriting two recessive...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture
Study what roles genetics and the environment play in human behavioral development. This is a learning module which includes the reading assignment, a quiz, and PowerPoint program.
Other
March of Dimes Medical Reference: Tay Sachs Disease
The March of Dimes Foundation offers a general overview of Tay-Sachs disease and how it is transmitted, carried, and treated.
Other
North Dakota State Univ.: Mendel's Law of Ind. Assort.
Mendel's second law and how he arrived at it through his experiments. Includes vocabulary and examples.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Dihybrid Problem Set
This site is provided by the University of Arizona and it gives great information on the subject. Good collection of dihybrid crosses which exemplify the issue of independent assortment. Work these once you think you've mastered th concept.
Other
North Dakota State Univ./mendel's Law of Ind. Asstort.
Good description of Mendel's findings and his second major principle.
Other
Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
Other
North Dakota State: Mendel's First Law (Law of Segregation)
This resource explains Mendel's first law (Law of Segregation) in detail. Includes Mendel's original experiments with results and conclusions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mendel's Pea Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of Mendel's pea plant experiments.
Other
North Dakota State Univ.: Detecting and Measuring Linkage
A good site to establish what is meant by gene linkage and sex-linkage.
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: What Is Dna?
Scientific information about the hereditary material in all living things, DNA. Also includes links to fact sheets for quick reference.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Homocystinuria and Its Associate Treatments
Read the passage "Homocystinuria and Its Associate Treatments," and complete the related five-question quiz.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Where Did You Get Those Genes?
Join Professor Mill Ennium and his lab assistants as he helps Phoenix discover why he looks like a relative.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Mendel's Investigation
Students identify how Mendel's study of science and math was important to his success in research.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Gene Linkage and Polyploidy: Self Check Quiz
This self-checking, five question quiz over gene linkage and polyploidy can be used as a review of the concept.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Don't Hate on the Trait" by Bird Brain Science
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Law of Independent Assortment: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Law of Independent Assortment: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Law of Independent Assortment: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."
University of Maryland
Univ. Of Maryland Baltimore Cty/biology Century
Historical perspective on Mendel's contribution. Spends a little time setting up what the current beliefs of Mendel's day were and how he changed things with what he did.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dna Replication
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this flipchart students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: X Linked Traits
This lesson will give examples of disorders that are linked to genes on the X chromosome.
National Institutes of Health
Genes and Disease: Maple Syrup Urine Disease
This is a brief write-up on maple syrup urine disease(MSUD), which overviews the causes, effects, treatment, and prevalence of the inherited genetic condition.