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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Are Real Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Long after Gregor Mendel knew that something controlled heredity three other scientists finally put his research together with new evidence from microscopes to determine that genes do exist. This multimedia article includes animations,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pedigree Analysis: A Family Tree of Traits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Law of Independent Assortment

For Students 9th - 10th
Article defines Mendel's law of independent assortment, provides examples, and takes a look at how it is used to make predictions. Also, discusses dihybrid crosses and 4 x 4 Punnett squares.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.1 Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand why Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.
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Curated OER

The Mendel Medal

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life of scientist Gregor Mendel discusses his early life as a professor, his experiements with genetics, his research in other scientific areas, and his later years.
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Curated OER

Gregor Mendel Image

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Law of Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a discussion of Mendel's law of segregation with a focus on genotype, phenotype, alleles, heterozygous/homozygous, and 2 x 2 Punnett squares.
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University of Maryland

Univ. Of Maryland Baltimore Cty/biology Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical perspective on Mendel's contribution. Spends a little time setting up what the current beliefs of Mendel's day were and how he changed things with what he did.
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Curated OER

The Readers' Mendel

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, built upon Gregor Mendel's famous paper of 1865, is a teaching and learning resource complete with the full text of his paper, various texts, essays and commentaries, reference materials, and much more.
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Curated OER

Table of Contents for Mendel's Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, built upon Gregor Mendel's famous paper of 1865, is a teaching and learning resource complete with the full text of his paper, various texts, essays and commentaries, reference materials, and much more.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Lafayette B. Mendel House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale biochemist Lafayette Mendel; designed by Henry Austin.
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California State University

Csu Chico: Population Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: How Humans Evolved

For Students 9th - 10th
This provides access to a webbook about How Humans Evolved. The following topics are covered: (1) How Evolution Works, (2) Primate Behavior and Ecology, (3) The History of Human Lineage, and (4) Evolution and Modern Humans. Each chapter...
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Medelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Practice Quiz for Mendelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Genetic Babies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will explore Gregor Mendel's laws of genetics in this lesson. Students will be paired in male and female groups. If girls and boys can't be evenly divided, same sex students can be paired to represent research scientists....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Polygenic Traits

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Another exception to Mendel's rules is polygenic inheritance, which occurs when a trait is controlled by more than one gene. This means that each dominant allele...
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Gregor Mendel (1822 1884)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Gregor Mendel from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Classical Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from DNA from the beginning is loaded with goodies about genetics and DNA. Starting with Mendel all the way through the concept of DNA, you will see how life is given certain characteristics. Some animations and audio clips...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Don't Blend

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Gregor Mendel's study of plants increased scientific knowledge regarding genetic traits.
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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a close look at non-traditional theories stemming from Mendel's genetics research. Explore the details of complex inheritance patterns.
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Nature Research

Scitable: Gene Inheritance and Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at gene inheritance and transmission with this webpage. This site explores genetics beyond Mendel and his peas. Investigate transmission genetics with the following topics gene linkage, variation in gene expression,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Some Genes Are Dominant

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, illustrates how Gregor Mendel used purebred yellow and green peas to show that some genes are dominant and others are recessive.

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