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Nature Research

Scitable: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the importance of DNA with this library of information on nucleic acid structure and function. Understand the structure and function of DNA by exploring topics in the chemical structure of DNA, organization of DNA...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Tips on Genetics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explains basic genetics concepts, including genes, DNA, chromosomes, sex chromosomes, how traits are inherited, genetic variation, cloning, and stem cells.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Chromosomes Pull Up Those Genes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about how the genetic information in a cell is organized in the nucleus.
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Website
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Learning Center: learn.genetics: Tour of the Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Get it all straight! The "Tour of the Basics" will help clarify the basic principals of genetics science from DNA, genes, chromosomes, proteins, heredity, and traits.
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About Kids Health

About Kids Health: How the Body Works: Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about genetics and how it works in this interactive teaching aid that highlights the study of genes using colorful animated illustrations.
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Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Pipe Cleaner Babies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using chromosome and gene models, students play the roles of two parents in this genetics simulation. The object is to create four offspring and determine their genotypes and phenotypes, and determine the probability of having offspring...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Thomas Hunt Morgan and His Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article from the Nobel e-Museum explores Thomas Hunt Morgan's career and research in genetics. Read how Morgan's work influenced later scientists and the modern scientific world.
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Website
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Human Genome Project Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the goals of the Human Genome Project. It also explains some of the ethical, legal and social challenges associated with this new technology.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Thomas Hunt Morgan's experiments with the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.13 Sex Linked Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the traits that are linked to genes on the sex chromosomes.
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Handout
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: Genomics and Its Impact on Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Human Genome Project for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the index page for chapters which include an introduction to genes, the mapping sequence of genes, and the impact and future of the Human Genome Project.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Division Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
Chromosomes carry genetic information in a molecule called DNA. A type of cell division called mitosis ensures that when a cell divides each new cell produced has the same genetic information.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: How Alu Jumps

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation illustrating how the jumping gene, Alu, reproduces by copying itself and inserting into new chromosomes.
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Activity
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Sex Linked Inheritance Set 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by The University of Arizona, gives a good set of genetics problems that involve sex-linked genes. Great to review what you know! Links are provided to access the various subjects covered in this problem set.
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Other

Lawrence Livermore National Lab: Probabilities of Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how to determine the chances of inheriting certain traits from our parents. It gives mathematical examples and exercises.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cracking the Code: Explore a Stretch of Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the makeup and function of genes and genetic code by exploring an actual stretch of human DNA in this activity.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.19 Human Genome

For Students 9th - 10th
See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life's Instruction Manual: Interactive Lesson: Unc Tv Science

For Students 9th - 10th
The human genome serves as an instruction manual for life, with its own distinct letters, alphabet, sentences and chapters. Learn about the genome, nucleotides, DNA and genes with this interactive lesson.
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Website
Other

Oregon State University: Barleyworld

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about barley that contains a list on the left with a link to a page about the North American Barley Genome Project.
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Unit Plan
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

Your Genes, Your Health: Down Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
Key facts about Down Syndrome are available on this page--just roll over the icons. For more detailed information, use the left navigation to explore causes, diagnosis, treatment, and more.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Modern Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Try your hand at mating dragons to learn about genetic recombination, meiosis, and inherited traits. Understand how chromosomes separate in meiosis with a science animation. Then change alleles for the dragons to see what happens to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Dominant?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In a class discussion format, the teacher presents background information about basic human genetics. The number of chromosomes in both body cells and egg and sperm cells is covered, as well as the concept of dominant and recessive...
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Website
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Basics and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a clear definition of the science of Genetics, highlighting DNA and genes. There is a neat, easy-to-understand animated tour of the basics and an opportunity to go inside an animated cell. Student can build a DNA...

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