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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Monohybrid Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Arizona, gives problems online that correspond to basic Mendelian genetics. Test your knowledge once you've read about Mendel and accessed the links to the various subjects covered in...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Your Glorious Gene Pool

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the books like I Am the Dog. I Am the Cat by Donald Hall and Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and read the lyrics while listening to the song "Shallow End of the Gene Pool" by the Austin Lounge Lizards. Then students learn...
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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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PBS

Pbs: Our Genes, Our Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student teams research human behavior and explore whether traits are inherited only by genetic inheritance or if environmental factors can play a role as well.
Interactive
What2Learn

What2 Learn: Gene Trivia

For Students 6th - 8th
This Science game about genes was created using the What2Learn game machine. The objective of the game is to correctly answer the questions about genetics. Students should learn genetics and heredity before playing the game.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learn Genetics: What Are Blood Transfusions?

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an overview of what's involved in a blood transfusion. You can also check your understanding by predicting which combinations of blood will cause agglutination.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Cats, Dogs,and Dragons. Oh My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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).
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Gregor Mendel

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Gregor Mendel's experiments led him to be known as the father of genetics.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Food for Thought

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate how geneticists use selective breeding to capitalize on hybrid vigor by using colored chips to represent traits in succeeding generations. Use Explain why farmers must buy new hybrid seed each year.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Diversity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Written for younger students, this site explains biodiversity and links to easy to understand explanations of species and genetic diversity.
Interactive
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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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Genetics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students identify characteristics that match their parents and link these characteristics to their family members.
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Other

Human Genetics Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Chromosomes Carry Genes

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Hunt Morgan will explain the research he did to determine that some traits are linked to the sex of an individual.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are Some People Left Handed?

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, about one-tenth of the world's population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed -- and why does the trait exist in the first place? The following video investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties...
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering Out of Harry Situations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Under the "The Science Behind Harry Potter" theme, a succession of diverse complex scientific topics are presented to students through direct immersive interaction. Student interest is piqued by the incorporation of popular culture into...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Gene Connection Show [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
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...
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Other

Eureka Science: Cloning

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short article to find out about the history of cloning and genetic engineering. Continue on to the next page to find out how cloning is done. Simple terms and fun animations make it easy to read.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Heredity?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Defines heredity, DNA, and chromosomes and discusses Gregor Mendel, the "father of genetics".
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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

Biology Simulations: Heredity I: Eye Color and Tails

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation can be used to test the heredity of two traits; eye color and the presence of a tail.
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Genotype and Phenotype

For Students 9th - 10th
In this informative site, you will find the definition of genotype and phenotype, an explanation of the relationship between genotype and phenotype, an example of a genetic trait, an explanation of the flow of information from DNA to...

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