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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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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Genetics I: Mendel's Laws of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Gregor Mendel's Laws of Inheritance. Discussion includes Mendel's discovery of dominant and recessive traits as well as co-dominance and incomplete dominance in genetics. Site also includes an interactive...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Reebops: A "Model" Organism for Teaching Genetic Concepts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson students create imaginary creatures, called "Reebops," to explore the relationships between genes and inherited traits. Using Reebops as a model, students learn how hereditary information is passed from one generation to...
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Nutrition and the Epigenome

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how environmental factors such as nutrition can change a person's gene expression.
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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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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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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific article explaining what natural selection is, and how it manifests itself through genetics and from generation to generation. Natural selection is compared to genetic drift, both of which cause evolution to occur. The limits...
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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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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science: Francis Crick Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information about Francis Crick as well as access to an archival collection of his papers, letters, photographs, and notes, including those related to the discovery of the double helix.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Allele Frequency & the Gene Pool

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to find allele frequency and how it's different from genotype frequency.
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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
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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