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Handout
Texas A&M University

Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
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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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Unit Plan
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: How Humans Evolved

For Students 9th - 10th
This provides access to a webbook about How Humans Evolved. The following topics are covered: (1) How Evolution Works, (2) Primate Behavior and Ecology, (3) The History of Human Lineage, and (4) Evolution and Modern Humans. Each chapter...
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Handout
University of Maryland

Univ. Of Maryland Baltimore Cty/biology Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical perspective on Mendel's contribution. Spends a little time setting up what the current beliefs of Mendel's day were and how he changed things with what he did.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Mendel and Inheritance

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore how genes are passed from one generation to the next including Punnet squares. Kids learn about Gregor Mendel and his theories and experiments on inheritance and genetics.
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Lesson Plan
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pedigree Analysis: A Family Tree of Traits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Some characteristics, like the shape of your hairline, whether your earlobes are attached or detached, and whether or not you have freckles are inherited from your parents. In this science project you will learn about Mendelian traits,...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Law of Independent Assortment

For Students 9th - 10th
Article defines Mendel's law of independent assortment, provides examples, and takes a look at how it is used to make predictions. Also, discusses dihybrid crosses and 4 x 4 Punnett squares.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Don't Blend

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Gregor Mendel's study of plants increased scientific knowledge regarding genetic traits.
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Interactive
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Base De La Herencia 2 Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit discusses the following topics: cloning, transgenic, gene therapy, genetic code, human genome and DNA replication. It contains 19 interactive activities.
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Activity
Cornell University

Cornell University: Cell Division: Genetic Consequences

For Students 9th - 10th
Review, identify, and describe the important steps in the cell reproduction of whitefish, onion root, and lily anther, and quiz yourself on the similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis. A "Cell Division Construction Kit"...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about patterns of inheritance including genotype and phenotype, and then learn about the inheritance of autosomal dominant and recessive and sex-linked genetic disorders.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Some Genes Are Dominant

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, illustrates how Gregor Mendel used purebred yellow and green peas to show that some genes are dominant and others are recessive.
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Curated OER

The Mendel Medal

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life of scientist Gregor Mendel discusses his early life as a professor, his experiements with genetics, his research in other scientific areas, and his later years.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Gregor Mendel Image

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Heredity?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Defines heredity, DNA, and chromosomes and discusses Gregor Mendel, the "father of genetics".
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Handout
University of California

Cog Web: Can Matter Store Active Information?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a timeline of historical events in regards to discovery and research on genetics.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Polygenic Traits

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Another exception to Mendel's rules is polygenic inheritance, which occurs when a trait is controlled by more than one gene. This means that each dominant allele...
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use this article to identify how probability is used to predict outcomes of genetic crosses.
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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Evolution Acts on the Phenotype

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Natural selection acts on the phenotype (traits or characteristics) of an individual. On the other hand, natural selection does not act on the underlying genotype...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In all of Mendel's experiments, he worked with traits where a single gene controlled the trait. Each also had one allele that was always dominant over the recessive...
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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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Unit Plan
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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