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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Pedigree Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A pedigree is a chart that shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations. A pedigree is commonly created for families, and it outlines the inheritance...
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Other

Your Doctor: Sickle Cell Anemia (In Arabic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos of slides and genetics charts accompany the text and explain the differences between sickle cell train vs. sickle cell anemia, symptoms of sickle cell disease, secondary diseases/conditions associated with sickle cell, mechanism...
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Other

Biology Project: The Gene Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Site allows users to learn interesting information about their genes based on his/her physical traits. Provides a brief explanation of how a person's genotype is determined.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Never Say Die: How to Make a Nose

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate breakthroughs in stem cell research, and explore the structure and function of a DNA molecule. Create a model of a DNA from tagboard.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Super Gene [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about basic genetics and how genes can affect someone's behavior. They will write their own narrative about a character they create as a class in order to illustrate the effects of inherited traits and...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Building a Dinosaur From a Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.1 Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand why Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sponge Bob Round Pants? What's the Chance?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What are the chances of SpongeBob having kids with round pants? Working in cooperative learning groups, young scholars explore the concept of probability. Using interactive websites, students explore the possibilities of an organism...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Dihybrid Cross: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to use a Dihybrid cross when determining multiple genetic traits at once. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Dihybrid Cross."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Dihybrid Cross: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to use a Dihybrid cross when determining multiple genetic traits at once. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Dihybrid Cross."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Dihybrid Cross: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to use a Dihybrid cross when determining multiple genetic traits at once. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Dihybrid Cross."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monohybrid Cross: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to use a Monohybrid cross when determining genetic traits. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Monohybrid Cross."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monohybrid Cross: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to use a Monohybrid cross when determining genetic traits. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Monohybrid Cross."
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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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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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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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Website
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of multifactorial inheritance as it relates to cattle. This is easy to understand information using a cleft lip and coat color to explain multifactorial inheritance and quantitative inheritance.
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Website
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Dihybrid Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the University of Arizona and it gives great information on the subject. Good collection of dihybrid crosses which exemplify the issue of independent assortment. Work these once you think you've mastered th concept.
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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.
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Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: Color Blindness Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This problem set is based on a question received from a woman with red-green color blind as well as other members of her family. She wanted to know if we could help her understand how she inherited her color blindness.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Complex Patterns of Inheritance: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing complex patterns of human inheritance.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Patterns of Human Inheritance: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing the basic patterns of human inheritance.
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Article
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of multifactorial inheritance is given followed by a short activity where students do a quiz to assess their possible risk of heart disease.
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Snurfle Islands

For Students 4th - 8th
Create a Snurfle and see whether it can survive in different environments. As you play the game, you will learn about natural selection and animal adaptations. At the end of the game, try the multiple-choice quiz to check your...

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