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Curated OER

Principles of Heredity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students model traits on genes using colored paper and tongue depressors to represent chromosomes. For this heredity lesson plan, students use their "chromosome sticks" to understand chromosome pairs, genes, dominant traits, recessive...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Influential Individuals of the 19th Century

For Teachers 6th - 10th
By learning about some of the people who shaped the 19th Century, students can find out about this important time period.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Organisms Vary?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study variation of organisms. They determine this variation arises from genetic and environmental causes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Genetics Crossword

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 38 questions on genetics. They identify the different parts and functions of a flower.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flower Power: An Introduction to Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners observe flowers and how they grow according to heredity. In this flowers lesson plan, students observe physical traits that make flowers the offspring of other flowers, and fill out worksheets according to their findings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EMS Lesson 1: Variety is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discern that dominant and recessive traits occur in a variety of combinations in any given group of people.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Genetics and Heredity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners choose topics for research based on human genetics and heredity. They conduct research via the Internet and write a brief explanation of the milestone in genetics and heredity and attach it to a class timeline. They share...
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Curated OER

Heredity: Your Connection To The Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate genetics and the process of reproduction in living organisms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Biotechnology

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover the concept of biotechnology. In this biotechnology lesson, students explore the history of biotechnology and its implications today.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Genetics: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this genetics quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering various concepts of genetics. A reference web site is given for additional resources.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Punnett Squares/Genetics

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders complete a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross. In this biology lesson, 9th graders predict the traits of offspring using the Punnett square. They differentiate recessive and dominant genes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World-wide Search for the Dominant Trait

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students receive instruction on dominant/recessive traits, access World-Wide Search for the Dominant Trait and download information on which traits to assess. They collect data on at least 20 people and prepare a data chart.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mendel and His Peas

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how Gregor Mendel uncovered the key principles of inheritance using a simple, familiar system: the pea plant. Learn about Mendel's life, his experiments, and his legacy.
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Genetics Ii: Mendel and Multiple Genetic Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Gregor Mendel's scientific legacy and analysis of multiple genetic traits. Discussion includes Mendel's work on his second law, the Law of Independent Assortment, which states that different traits are...
Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
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Mendel Web

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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's First Set of Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand the fundamentals of Gregor Mendel's early genetics experiments. Students will explore the Law of Segregation within genetics and how to cross F1 and F2...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Laws and Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the genetics research conducted by biologist Gregor Mendel and understand the significance of alleles on genes.
Article
Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: The Work of Gregor Mendel [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Gregor Johann Mendel, famous for his foundational work in the field of genetics. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific research.
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Education Development Center

Education Development Center: Mendel's Peas

For Students 9th - 10th
There are many ways to learn about Gregor Mendel and his pea experiments. This interactive tutorial requires users to actually plant, grow, and cross different plants to observe their traits. Pedigrees are also used to help show dominant...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Gregor Mendel Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an overview of Gregor Mendel's experiments.
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Gregor Mendel

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Gregor Mendel's experiments led him to be known as the father of genetics.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Gregor Mendel O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about Gregor Johann Mendel.
Interactive
Education Development Center

Education Development Center, Inc: Weblabs: Mendel

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the genetics of plants discovered by Gregor Mendel in the nineteenth century. These interactives will walk users through the planting and growth of pea plants, possible combinations of plans to alter traits, predict the results...

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