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Clermont College: Genetic Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Clermont College provides a good interactive practice test using Punnett squares.
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Explore Learning: Mouse Genetics: Two Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Punnett Squares

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use Punnett Squares to analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
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Handout
McGraw Hill

The Mc Graw Hill Companies, Inc.: Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and video clips, students analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
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Handout
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Dragon Genetics: Independent Assortment and Gene Linkage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Applied Genetics: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this quick, five question comprehension check over applied genetics. Each question has a hint available, as well as a self-checking feature.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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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Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Complex Modes of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial reviews polygenic and multiple alleles, Punnett Square, sex-linked trait, and inheritance patterns. Follow the slides to ensure comprehension of inheritance.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Genetic Probably

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mendelian Inheritance Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Review the processes of basic Mendelian genetics.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Genetics and Biotechnology: Chapter Test Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Geniventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Genes and Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Probability of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
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, students explore the concept of probability. Using interactive websites, students explore the possibilities of an organism having a...
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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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Unit Plan
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

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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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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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Comparison of Reciprocal Cross vs. Test Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: All in the Family

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...