Curated OER
Mendelian and Non-Mendelian Heredity
Tenth graders discuss their physical features, and why they look the way they do. They listen as the teacher discusses DNA, alleles, and dominant or recessive genes. Students perform an experiment with different colored markers...
Curated OER
The Perfect Cow?
High schoolers examine how cattle have evolved through natural selection and selective breeding. In this natural selection lesson students compare and contrast natural and artificial selection.
Curated OER
Lesson 16: DNA Technology
Students research different areas of biotechnology. For this biology lesson, students create a presentation about their research. They debate the topic presented and share their views on the subject.
Curated OER
Born of Blood
Eighth graders use a large Punnett Square and infer how genes determine blood types. In this blood type lesson students predict blood types and demonstrate how Punnett Squares are related to genes and chromosomes.
Curated OER
Basic Human Inheritance Patterns
Pupils study the stages of the cell division (meiosis) which results in the formation of gametes and study topics as crossing over, gene linkage, and human inheritance patterns in certain diseases.
Curated OER
Candy Dish Selection
High schoolers explore natural selection. They explore the concepts of adaptations, and the way which random factors affect the survival of individuals and populations.
Curated OER
My Family And Me
Students create a family pedigree, relate the laws of inheritance to a family pedigree, and determine certain phenotypes and corresponding genotypes of members in their family.
Curated OER
BIO205-CH1- Intro Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.
Curated OER
Evolution, Genes, and Behavior
Students examine the roles of genes and evolution on behaviors. In groups, they identify the relationships among DNA, genes and chromosomes. They evaluate the different theories of language acquistion and how evolved tendencies interact...
Curated OER
Characteristics of Living Things
Seventh graders identify the characteristics of living and non-living things. In this biology lesson plan, 7th graders define vocabulary words as they go through the lesson plan. They answer a crossword puzzle after class discussion.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Traits Activities
A collection of genetic learning activities provides an engaging way to learn about traits, or better understand disease risk.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Investigate Alien Genetics
In this activity, you will use an alien model to demonstrate how genes or physical traits are passed on from parents to their offspring.
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Education Outreach: State Your Traits [Pdf]
Multi-activity lesson in which learners engage in learning about the inheritance of genetic traits.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Heredity and Traits
The Genetic Science Learning Center presents the world of heredity and traits including activities to better comprehend the science, clear explanations of aspects of heredity, and an interactive opportunity.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Genetics
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and video clips, students analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Education Outreach: State Your Traits (High School Level) [Pdf]
Multi-activity instructional activity focuses on genetics and the basic principles of inheritance.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mendel's Laws of Genetic Inheritance
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett squares to illustrate Mendel's laws of inheritance and how a particular gene combination results in a 3-to-1 ratio of dominant-to-recessive traits.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pass It Down
This lesson, Pass It Down, integrates science and math into two consecutive hands-on genetics activities that should be embedded within an existing genetics unit suitable for biology young scholars. The results of each activity will be...
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Medelian Genetics
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heredity Mix 'N Match
This site includes a lesson plan designed to teach students how genetic traits are passed down from parents to offspring. Students will explore such concepts as random selection, chrosomes, genotypes and phenotypes using jelly beans and...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Leyes De La Herencia
In this unit young scholars will identify different kinds of genetic traits and how they are passed on from generation to generation. It contains 18 interactive activities.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Pass It On!
"Pass It On!" will enhance learning about genetics. Delve into activities addressing traits, DNA, sexual and asexual reproduction.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Learning Mendelian Genetics
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.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]
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...