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Clermont College: Genetic Practice Problems
Clermont College provides a good interactive practice test using Punnett squares.
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Explore Learning: Mouse Genetics: Two Traits
Breed pure mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur and eye colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. (Free usage is limited to five minutes...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Punnett Squares
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use Punnett Squares to analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
McGraw Hill
The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.: Genetics
The basic principles of genetics are in this effective site. Gender determination, recessive traits, and the Punnet Square are the topics examined. There is also a Punnet Square practice exercise to assess your comprehension of the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Genetics
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and video clips, students analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Dragon Genetics: Independent Assortment and Gene Linkage
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Dragon Genetics I lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. Multiple gene inheritance and the cause of genetic linkage are...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Applied Genetics: Self Check Quiz
Try this quick, five question comprehension check over applied genetics. Each question has a hint available, as well as a self-checking feature.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Law of Independent Assortment
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.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Complex Modes of Inheritance
A tutorial reviews polygenic and multiple alleles, Punnett Square, sex-linked trait, and inheritance patterns. Follow the slides to ensure comprehension of inheritance.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Genetic Probably
Activity Overview Use the SciTools App to simulate a Punnett square. Make predictions about genetic crosses. Learn about the following concepts; genes, alleles, dominant alleles, recessive alleles, homozygous individuals, heterozygous...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mendelian Inheritance Study Guide
Review the processes of basic Mendelian genetics.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Genetics and Biotechnology: Chapter Test Practice
Fifteen multiple choice review questions over genetics and biotechnology. After the quiz, the self-checking feature allows students to see which were the correct answers.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Geniventure
Geniventure engages students in exploring heredity, genetics, and the protein-to-trait relationship by breeding and studying virtual dragons. Students play through six levels of challenges, conducting simulated experiments that generate...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Genes and Inheritance
A complete, student-paced lesson on genetics and inheritance. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
Palomar Community College District
Probability of Inheritance
A great supplement to help introduce Punnett Squares. It tells how to set them up and how to use them correctly. A sample quiz is offered and feedback is given to help with understanding why an answer is correct or not.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sponge Bob Round Pants? What's the Chance?
What are the chances of SpongeBob having kids with round pants? Working in cooperative learning groups, students explore the concept of probability. Using interactive websites, students explore the possibilities of an organism having a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monohybrid Cross: Lesson 3
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monohybrid Cross: Lesson 4
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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Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Mendelian Inheritance
Students use this article to identify how probability is used to predict outcomes of genetic crosses.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Comparison of Reciprocal Cross vs. Test Cross
Explains two types of genetic cross - a reciprocal cross and a test cross. Examples are described for a monohybrid and a dihybrid test cross and for a reciprocal cross.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]
A simulation where students flip coins to mimic how parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through heredity. This activity also illustrates the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and how they interact with each...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: All in the Family
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students the scientific reasoning behind the societal taboo of incest. Students complete a Punnett square to determine the chances of an offspring inheriting two recessive...