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Instructional Video17:21
Bozeman Science

Linked Genes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars analyze Morgan's fruit fly lab to learn how genes are linked. The instructor shows that the data from a dihybrid cross was not what Morgan expected, and when re-crossed numerous times, the data did not change. Viewers see gene...
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Instructional Video2:56
SciShow

Is the Y Chromosome Disappearing?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Bye bye, Y! Is the most fundamental difference between men and women slowly going away? Science scholars discover the story behind the ever-shrinking Y chromosome in an interesting human biology video. Topics covered include the function...
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Instructional Video2:45
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Y Chromosome

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Forward and backward, it's all the same! Scientists recently discovered the y chromosome's palindrome nature suggests it's possible to for the y chromosome to recombine with itself! An animation resource gives viewers insight into the...
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Instructional Video4:24
TED-Ed

Where Do Genes Come From?

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
No, you didn't get your genes from the local clothing store. Learn where they really come from by watching this video as it explores how the genes found in all plants and animals today have arisen over billions of years of mutations from...
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Instructional Video2:22
Teacher's Pet

Genes and Chromosomes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Doctors sometimes order a karyotype, a picture of the chromosomes present in a single cell, in order to check for chromosomal abnormalities or rare diseases. The video explains the relationship among genes, chromosomes, and karyotypes....
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Instructional Video14:22
Bozeman Science

Chromosomal Genetics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The instructor in a biology video defines and shows examples of incomplete dominance, codominance, epistasis, and multiple alleles. Viewers then explore Thomas Hunt Morgan and his crosses showing the discovery of gene linkage via fruit...
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Instructional Video10:56
Bozeman Science

Chromosomal Inheritance

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars see, through a monohybrid cross, how alleles are distributed during meiosis. The video instructor then explores Thomas Hunt Morgan's research on fruit flies, determining that genes are located on chromosomes and showing that...
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Instructional Video3:49
SciShow

Why Ferns Have More Chromosomes Than You

For Students 9th - 12th
Potatoes have more chromosomes than humans. A video explores the number of chromosomes various species have and the theories of the differences. It discusses the process of how genes combine as well as the processes of making extra copies.
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Instructional Video5:34
Bozeman Science

What are Chromosomes?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An informative video begins by showing scholars how chromosomes are like encyclopedias. The instructor then explains and differentiates genome, chromosome, sister chromatids, nucleosomes, DNA, genes, and base pairs. 
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Instructional Video2:47
FuseSchool

What Are Chromosomes?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Two meters worth of DNA fits into a cell that is only two micrometers wide thanks to chromosomes. A video, part of a Fuse School Biology playlist, explains what chromosomes are and how they work. It describes where they are found and how...
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Instructional Video8:07
Amoeba Sisters

Alleles and Genes

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
How do organisms end up with such a wide variety of traits? It's in their genes! Kick off your inherited traits lesson using a brief video that covers alleles and genes. The narrator describes heterozygous and homozygous genotypes, how...
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Instructional Video8:18
Amoeba Sisters

DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits: An Intro to Heredity

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Chromosomes, genes, traits ... how are they all related? A short video introduces the many factors involved in heredity. Junior geneticists explore the transfer of chromosomes from parents to offspring, the proteins created by base pair...
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Instructional Video4:57
Stated Clearly

What Exactly is a Gene?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What is a gene and how do organisms use them? Find out these answers while learning about how humans have modified genes in plants to best suit their own needs and desires. Before watching the video, you may want to show the video about...
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Instructional Video6:17
Veritasium

The Sun Sneeze Gene

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Do you sneeze when you go from dark to light areas? Twenty-five percent of the population does! It turns out that the characteristic is due to genetic code. Explore why this happens with a video from the Veritasium playlist that breaks...
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Instructional Video8:30
Bozeman Science

Diploid vs Haploid

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If every human on earth looked exactly the same, the world would be a boring place. Thank goodness for genes! Pupils explore the difference between haploid and diploid cells by learning how two parents without red hair can produce a...
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Instructional Video1:43
American Museum of Natural History

What Makes YOU YOU? What Makes ME ME?

For Students 6th - 12th
What does DNA have to do with me? Learners watch a short animated video to learn about cells and DNA. Scholars learn that DNA is the building block of chromosomes within the cells of every living thing.
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Instructional Video7:22
Amoeba Sisters

Mutations: The Potential Power of a Small Change

For Students 7th - 12th
Are the only mutants you know Ninja Turtles or X-Men? The video explains both gene mutation and chromosome mutation. It includes the subtypes of mutations for each major type, the times when mutations are more likely to happen, and the...
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Instructional Video10:18
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Crash Course

Heredity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Ear wax, either wet or dry, is inherited on chromosome 16. The narrator of a video about heredity uses ear wax to introduce the concepts of alleles, dominant and recessive traits, and heterozygous and homozygous genotypes. 
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Instructional Video1:24
PBS

Genome 101: Life's Instruction Manual | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th
Crack open the mysteries inside a genome. Participants view an animated video describing the relationship between DNA, genes, proteins, chromosomes, and an organism's genome. A post-video learning exercise allows pupils to apply...
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Instructional Video19:51
Khan Academy

Variation in a Species

For Students 10th - 12th
If there are no extenuating environmental factors to ensure competition in a species, then variation is achieved by random mutation. This resource may be more useful after viewers are introduced to the concepts of alleles and the...
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Instructional Video3:29
FuseSchool

What is DNA?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Don't under-strand DNA? Watch an informative Fuse School Genetics video to learn what DNA is and where it is found. It also explains what DNA does, its relationship with genes, the four nucleotides, and their base pairs.
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Instructional Video3:32
Curated OER

Human Genome

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Welcome to the complex biological story that is our life. Great visual imagery zooms in on the dissection of a DNA double helix in our body. What happens with RNA? Where do amino acids come in? This resource explores our inner workings...
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Instructional Video12:11
Bozeman Science

Advanced Genetics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The strengths and problems associated with Mendelian genetics are explored in a video that first reviews Mendelian genetics and independent assortment. Viewers then explore problems with Mendelian genetics such as linked genes, multiple...
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Instructional Video8:54
Amoeba Sisters

DNA Structure and Function

For Students 7th - 12th
Chromosomes come in pairs and in pears. The video covers DNA structure and function including the parts of the nucleotide and the four bases. It provides examples of cloning, gene regulation, and mutation. 

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