Brief text summary of what students learn in the Dragon Genetics II lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. Using Popsicle sticks, students experiment with different...

Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and video clips, students analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.

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...

Play the role of a scientist and piece together the genetic puzzle to determine the gene responsible for a disorder.

This lesson will give examples of disorders that are linked to genes on the X chromosome.

Breed pure mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur and eye colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. (Free usage is limited to five minutes...

An article featuring the ongoing philosophical debate over psychology's nature versus nurture. Cherry clarifies the differences between the two schools of thought and provides the changes in theory over the years.

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.

Find out how epigenetic tags that tell genes whether to turn on or off in their lifetime, act as a cellular memory.

There are five approaches to psychology which are on a spectrum from nature versus nurture. The approaches with inherited traits lean towards the nature end and those with acquired traits are on the nurture end. This article helps...

This site from Palomar College provides an online practice quiz includes history as well as some of the genetics. Includes feedback. A great learning and practice site.

Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.

An introductory lesson on the basics of heredity, and the inheritance of genetic traits. [7:57]

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).

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...

Through a series of videos and narrated animations, learn how evolution affects gene expression in species. Find out how visualizing gene expression can help explain what a specific gene does.

This lesson plan can be interdisciplinary involving science, mathematics, and language arts. The primary nature of the lesson plan is inquiry, project, and technology-based. In science this project is a culminating activity in the...

This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."

This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."

[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...