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Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Genetica Humana

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great unit on human genetics. It contains 17 interactive activities.
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Unit Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Where Did You Get Those Genes?

For Students 9th - 10th
Join Professor Mill Ennium and his lab assistants as he helps Phoenix discover why he looks like a relative.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Issues in (Biology) Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of articles on current issues in teaching biology. Several are available in Spanish.
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Handout
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about a major function of cells, protein synthesis. Find out about the process in which cells manufacture this biochemical compound.
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Handout
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Introduction to Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This college-level biology reference book introduces the study of heredity and genetics using diagrams and descriptive illustrations.
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Handout
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Dna and Molecular Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Microscopic images, detailed information, and illustrated diagrams help explain DNA and molecular genetics in this college-level textbook.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing exists in the form of trillions upon trillions of human, lab-grown cells...
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Mendel's Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students identify how Mendel's study of science and math was important to his success in research.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Regulation of Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which describes the general mechanisms of gene expression.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers:build a Family Tree (Men Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand DNA sequences and the Y chromosome. Solve a genealogical puzzle using the power of reasoning and understanding of DNA, and complete the a male family tree using DNA information from the Y chromosome of three fictitious...
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Learn About Genetics: Genes & Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation introducing the basic concepts of cells, DNA, recessive inheritance, and Punnett squares.
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Handout
Other

Personal/history of Genetics Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful list important events in genetics history between 1651-1999. One-sentence description of each event is provided.
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Handout
Other

Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
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Handout
Other

Villanova University: Gregor Mendel

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

Pea Soup: The Story of Mendel

For Students 9th - 10th
College student site with information about Gregor Mendel and Mendelian Genetics. Also contains an interactive pea experiment and a glossary.
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Website
Science Daily

Science Daily: Health & Medicine News

For Students 9th - 10th
ScienceDaily is an online magazine covering various aspects of science news. Coverage includes diseases, disorders, treatments, diagnosis, genetics, biotech, and more.
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Website
Other

Biologie Online: Biologie Von a Bis Z (German)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biology is a natural science that deals with living things. Like other areas of science, biology is divided into several subcategories. See them here from A to Z.
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Activity
Other

Putting Dna to Work: The Dna Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a feel for how to read a DNA sequence from several links located on this site.
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Handout
Other

Evolution: The Theory of Natural Selection (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. This section has an advanced discussion of determining allele and genotype frequencies using the Hardy-Weinberg ratio.
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Handout
Other

Georgia Perimeter College: Extending Mendelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a good overview of genetics, including codominance.
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State: Mendel's First Law (Law of Segregation)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains Mendel's first law (Law of Segregation) in detail. Includes Mendel's original experiments with results and conclusions.
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State Univ.: Detecting and Measuring Linkage

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site to establish what is meant by gene linkage and sex-linkage.
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State Univ.: Mendel's Law of Ind. Assort.

For Students 9th - 10th
Mendel's second law and how he arrived at it through his experiments. Includes vocabulary and examples.
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State Univ./mendel's Law of Ind. Asstort.

For Students 9th - 10th
Good description of Mendel's findings and his second major principle.