BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Mitosis and Cell Specialisation
This lesson focuses on cloning. Plants can make identical copies of themselves by asexual reproduction, for example by tubers and runners. Humans have been cloning plants for years and have recently started to develop techniques to clone...
Read Works
Read Works: Cloned Canine
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the first scientists to successfully clone a dog. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.18 Cloning
Understand the science and ethics behind human or animal cloning.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Human Cloning: Is It Biological Plagiarism?
This activity guides students to learn the science behind cloning, explore the benefits and consequences of human cloning, and communicate their knowledge and points of view.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Cloning 101
Students learn about the cloning process by watching an animation and reading a tutorial.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Mammoths: Resurrecting Extinct Megafauna
Explore arguments for and against cloning. Includes an introduction of how cloning can be done.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Cloning?
Defines cloning and how it works. Learn about the cloning of Dolly the sheep and other interesting facts.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Fun Facts About Wooly Mammoths
This site will explain how the Woolly Mammoth evolved, where it migrated and what is now being done to try and clone it.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Asexual Reproduction
Site from Kimball's Biology Pages provides information on Asexual Reproduction in plants, and also in animals, where it is less common. Includes information on stems, leaves, roots, plant propagation and apomixis.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Dolly the Sheep
A photo taken in Scotland of Dolly the sheep. Dolly was famous for being one of the first cloned animals in the world.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly
The scientist Victor Frankenstein recounts his story of bringing a creature to life and the tragedies that followed. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with the horror novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly. [Free account...