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.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Tips on Genetics
Explains basic genetics concepts, including genes, DNA, chromosomes, sex chromosomes, how traits are inherited, genetic variation, cloning, and stem cells.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Reproduction
Read about the two types of reproduction: sexual and asexual. Review questions follow the module. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ecology Disrupted: Chesapeake Bay Food Web
In this comprehensive lesson unit, students examine how overfishing has affected Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. They will study food webs from the past and present and graph related data.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments helping students learn about asexual and sexual reproduction.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Story of Our Start
Learn how offspring are created through the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Offspring Traits Asexual Is the Question!
Get an overview of the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction. You'll also be able to contrast the two types of reproduction to better understand the advantages of each. Students are then asked to construct a Venn diagram comparing...
eSchool Today
E School Today: Living Things Reproduce
Find out about the two main types of reproduction: these include sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Inheritance Calculator: Genetic Traits
An interactive Punnett Square inheritance calculator helps students work out patterns of recessive inheritance for a trait, such as straight or peaked hairline.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the differences between the two methods of reproduction. Learners will identify types of asexual reproduction and recognize how plants and animals sexually...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Punnett Squares
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A Punnett square is a special tool derived from the laws of probability. It is used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents. Learn more...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls3 2: Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Assessment templates, videos, examples, lesson plans, and photos of student work that directly address standard MS-LS3-2: asexual and sexual reproduction.
Other
Explore Learning: Mouse Genetics: Two Traits
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...