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Interactive
What2Learn

What2 Learn: Gene Trivia

For Students 6th - 8th
This Science game about genes was created using the What2Learn game machine. The objective of the game is to correctly answer the questions about genetics. Students should learn genetics and heredity before playing the game.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Thomas Hunt Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity.
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Unit Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Inside Scoop: Genetics

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction to heredity and genetics. Learn about how physical traits and other qualities are passed down to people from their parents.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Germline Mutation vs. Somatic Mutation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comparison of germline and somatic mutations based on cause, heredity, how they are inherited, the effects they have, when they occur, the extent of the occurrence, and how they are detected. Describes examples of both types...
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Handout
National Human Genome Research Institute

Nih: Learning About Parkinson's Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an FAQ page on the relationship between genetics and Parkinson's disease. It discusses what is currently known regarding heredity and Parkinson's disease, what genes are linked to Parkinson's, and what determines who gets...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Where Did You Get Those "Jeans"?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson can be interdisciplinary involving science, mathematics, and language arts. The primary nature of the lesson is inquiry, project, and technology-based. In science this project is a culminating activity in the heredity unit.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Natural Selection and Heredity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students engage in the concept of natural selection and further their understanding of diversity and relatedness within the living world. Inquiries into evolution explain the ways in which natural...
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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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Website
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Founded in 1904 this site traces the advances in the study of genetics from then to the present time.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heredity Mix 'N Match

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site includes a lesson plan designed to teach students how genetic traits are passed down from parents to offspring. Students will explore such concepts as random selection, chrosomes, genotypes and phenotypes using jelly beans and...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: The 7 Unmistakable Characteristics of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the seven characteristics that define life - cells, homeostasis, heredity, use of energy, reproduction, response to environmental stimuli, and evolution and adaptation.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Incomplete Dominance Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what incomplete dominance is in heredity, and what it looks like in plants, animals, and humans.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Codominance Explained With Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what codominance is in heredity, and what it looks like in humans, animals, and plants.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Are Real Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Long after Gregor Mendel knew that something controlled heredity three other scientists finally put his research together with new evidence from microscopes to determine that genes do exist. This multimedia article includes animations,...
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Genetics: Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the connection of genes and enzymes in regards to heredity and genetics. Concepts associated with dominant and recessive traits are also presented.
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Article
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Predictive Genetic Screening

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of predictive genetic screening is to learn whether an individual is at high risk of developing a heredity condition that may run in the family. This article shows you how to weigh the benefits and disadvantages of having...
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Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Chromosomes and Cytogenetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A library of information on chromosomes and their role in heredity. Articles found on the website study chromosome structure, chromosome composition, chromosome abnormalities, roles that chromosome plays in sex determination, and changes...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Geneticist Educator Network of Alliances Proj: Pedigree Analysis Patterns [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the goals of pedigree analyis, as well as the genetic patterns it can uncover. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Activity
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Traits Activities

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of genetic learning activities provides an engaging way to learn about traits, or better understand disease risk.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Who's Your Plant Parent?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, we observe our own plants to discover the answer to this big question: How are plants like their parents? Students will observe pre-planted seedlings and compare them to photographs of their parent plants. Included...
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Activity
Other

For Many, One: Eugenics in the Culture Wars of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the bizarre ideas of those who believed in the role of eugenics in society. Find out about "bad" heredity and "good" heredity and see the form from the Eugenics Society of America that determined the "fitness" of individual...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hello Dolly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will draw a model of a Punnett Square on the calculator and discover all possible combinations of Genotypes. They explore theoretical and experimental probabilities. They also collect data through experimental probability and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Roman Empire of the 1st Century: Getting to Know the Emperors of Rome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners will discuss the merits of heredity rule. After using various games, features, and video clips from the Web site, students should have learned basic information about each of nine featured emperors. Learners will...

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