[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Another exception to Mendel's rules is polygenic inheritance, which occurs when a trait is controlled by more than one gene. This means that each dominant allele...

A complete, student-paced lesson on genetics and inheritance. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

A useful introduction from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the study of how genetics and behavior are linked. Many useful resource links are included.

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.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A pedigree is a chart that shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations. A pedigree is commonly created for families, and it outlines the inheritance...

A set of sixteen multiple-choice questions. Once solved, incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.

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.

After watching video clips from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, students explore the use of Punnett squares to predict genetic trait inheritance. The objective of this lesson is to articulate concepts related to genetics...

Pedigree inheritance is a method of examining inherited traits. Learn how to use this method and develop conclusions through these examples.

Some characteristics, like the shape of your hairline, whether your earlobes are attached or detached, and whether or not you have freckles are inherited from your parents. In this science project you will learn about Mendelian traits,...

A virtual world where students conduct genetics experiments on a model species called drakes. After the story narrative is introduced, they engage in a quest to heal a sick dragon. As they play, they will learn about the principles of...

Learn about Thomas Hunt Morgan's experiments with the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system.

A short description of multifactorial inheritance as it relates to cattle. This is easy to understand information using a cleft lip and coat color to explain multifactorial inheritance and quantitative inheritance.

A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing complex patterns of human inheritance.

This site, provided by The University of Arizona, gives a good set of genetics problems that involve sex-linked genes. Great to review what you know! Links are provided to access the various subjects covered in this problem set.

A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing the basic patterns of human inheritance.

A simple explanation of multifactorial inheritance is given followed by a short activity where students do a quiz to assess their possible risk of heart disease.

This ebook discusses the topic of human pedigree analysis, a type of genetic science used to determine inherited characteristics.

Fifth graders will discover the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors by bringing the traits to life in a game of charades. After that, the students will demonstrate knowledge of recessive and dominant traits as they...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In all of Mendel's experiments, he worked with traits where a single gene controlled the trait. Each also had one allele that was always dominant over the recessive...

This is a technology-based, hands-on Biology lesson on Heredity and Traits. Students learn about the basics of Heredity through a virtual tour and then work to create their own dragon based on the inheritance of traits.(Adapted from ASIM).

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,...

In this lesson, 5th graders learn about basic genetics and how genes can affect someone's behavior. They will write their own narrative about a character they create as a class in order to illustrate the effects of inherited traits and...

On this University of Illinois at Chicago site you can get the importance of multifactorial inheritance, and numerous models to help illustrate the idea. There is a summary at the bottom for review, and an address to send questions to...