Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Review: Object Oriented Design
A review of object-oriented design. Object prototype and object inheritance is also examined.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Human Biology: Blackett Family Dna Activity
Family studies are a good way to learn about DNA profiling and RFLP analysis because students can follow the inheritance of DNA markers from one generation to the next. Students have the opportunity to do this in this activity.
Other
Explaining Objects
An easy tutorial on the big three ideas of object oriented programming: encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Basic Concepts of Heredity
An introductory lesson on the basics of heredity, and the inheritance of genetic traits. [7:57]
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Dragon Genetics: Independent Assortment and Gene Linkage
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Dragon Genetics I lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. Multiple gene inheritance and the cause of genetic linkage are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Particle Types
Using more advanced-object oriented programming techniques like inheritance to make different types of particle sub-objects, that share the same functionality but differs in key ways.
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.
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.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Genetics Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over genetics. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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.
Agriculture in the Classroom
National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum: From Chicken Little to Chicken Big
Students will identify different breeds of chickens, examine physical characteristics, and determine the stages of a chicken's life cycle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Classical Genetics Unit Test
Take this 9-question unit test over classical genetics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.3 Punnett Squares
See how a Punnett square is a special tool used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Unpublished Louisa May Alcott Novel
This site provides the text of an interview with Joel Myerson, a professor of English at the University of South Carolina, who has proclaimed to have discovered an unpublished novel of Louisa May Alcott's called "The Inheritance".
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Using a Punnett Square
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart show students how to use a Punnett Square to introduce how homozygous and heterozygous genotypes are inherited and how they determine phenotypes.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Prodigal Son Receives His Rightful Inheritance
An image of "The Prodigal Son Receives His Rightful Inheritance", created by Bartolome Esteban Murilloz (Oil on canvas, 27 x 34 cm).
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill:chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis Inheritance Connection
Discover what you know about chromosomes by taking this post test.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill:chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis Inheritance Connection
Discover what you know about chromosomes by taking this pre test.
Palomar Community College District
Probability of Inheritance
A great supplement to help introduce Punnett Squares. It tells how to set them up and how to use them correctly. A sample quiz is offered and feedback is given to help with understanding why an answer is correct or not.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Interesting Aspects of Human Genetics
Provides an overview of the field of human genetics, how it began with Mendel's work, some basic genetic principles, how genetic disorders are transmitted, and how physical characteristics are inherited.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: What Makes You You?
Launch an activity that will help you address the nature-versus-nurture debate in terms of your own traits.
Other
Nurture Is Not the Same as Environment
Excerpt from book by Judith Harris which argues that parents do not have as much influence as peers in child development.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Pedigree Analysis: A Family Tree of Traits
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,...
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