Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Genetics: Gene Expression
Explore the connection of genes and enzymes in regards to heredity and genetics. Concepts associated with dominant and recessive traits are also presented.
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.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Introduction to Genetics
This college-level biology reference book introduces the study of heredity and genetics using diagrams and descriptive illustrations.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Inside Scoop: Genetics
An introduction to heredity and genetics. Learn about how physical traits and other qualities are passed down to people from their parents.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Thomas Hunt Morgan and His Legacy
This detailed article from the Nobel e-Museum explores Thomas Hunt Morgan's career and research in genetics. Read how Morgan's work influenced later scientists and the modern scientific world.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders
Genes can sometimes be a difficult topic for students to understand, but this article provides a nice description of genes, how they work, and the disorders that can sometimes arise. The article also touches on how genetic engineering...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Basic Concepts of Heredity
An introductory lesson on the basics of heredity, and the inheritance of genetic traits. [7:57]
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: teach.genetics: Introduction to Heredity
A three-day unit introduces heredity by helping students identify their own genetic traits and then leading them in an exploration of generational traits and variation. Find printable worksheets, data tables, and graphs, as well as...
Genome British Columbia
Genome British Columbia: Predictive Genetic Screening
The purpose of predictive genetic screening is to learn whether an individual is at high risk of developing a heredity condition that may run in the family. This article shows you how to weigh the benefits and disadvantages of having...
University of Utah
University of Utah: learn.genetics: Ptc: The Genetics of Bitter Taste
Read about the PTC gene, and listen to scientists discuss this accidental discovery which lead to important clues about human evolution.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Reebops: A "Model" Organism for Teaching Genetic Concepts
For this lesson students create imaginary creatures, called "Reebops," to explore the relationships between genes and inherited traits. Using Reebops as a model, students learn how hereditary information is passed from one generation to...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biology: Genetics I: Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Instructional module focusing on Gregor Mendel's Laws of Inheritance. Discussion includes Mendel's discovery of dominant and recessive traits as well as co-dominance and incomplete dominance in genetics. Site also includes an interactive...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute: Cancer Genetics Overview
This site provides extensive information about the relationship of genetics to cancer.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Behavioral Genetics
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Genetic Drift
Find out how evolution happens due to chance events. Explore the bottleneck effect and founder effect.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Heredity
This interactive learning module allows AP Biology students to explore the principles of Mendelian genetics and non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance. Students will also study the role of chromosomes in heredity.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Heredity: Your Connection to the Past
An indepth introduction to genetics as a whole with sample lessons, vocabulary, and bibliography. From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
About Kids Health
About Kids Health: How the Body Works: Genetics
Learn all about genetics and how it works in this interactive teaching aid that highlights the study of genes using colorful animated illustrations.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Genes, Health, and Society
A web-based course which allows students to explore the fields of genetics and genomics. The three course modules are transmission genetics, the nature of genetic material, and medical genetics and genomics. Use of this resource requires...
California State University
Csu Chico: Population Genetics
This is a group of Mendelian Genetics exercises that are designed to show the evolution of a trait within a population. The site covers instruction in calculating genotypic and allelic frequencies, determining dominance, the...
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Deviations From Mendelian Laws And: What Is the Meaning of Dominance?
Upper level discussion of several of Mendel's experiments and laws.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Mendelian and Molecular Genetics Quiz
Take this interactive quiz over Mendelian and molecular genetics, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Nature Research
Scitable: Chromosomes and Cytogenetics
A library of information on chromosomes and their role in heredity. Articles found on the website study chromosome structure, chromosome composition, chromosome abnormalities, roles that chromosome plays in sex determination, and changes...
University of Utah
University of Utah: learn.genetics: Finding a Gene on the Chromosome Map
Play the role of a scientist and piece together the genetic puzzle to determine the gene responsible for a disorder.
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