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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sun and Skin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in small groups researching different aspects of the sun and skin. The groups summarize and answer questions about the material in a presentation to the class.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Cell Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology learning exercise, students label 9 diagrams with the correct names. They also write short answers to 6 questions that follow.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mammals: Mammals and Their Ways

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the difference between innate and learned behaviors. They observe the adaptations and behaviors of mammals in this series of lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Turkeys in the Cell--The Meiosis Square Dance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify synapsis as the key event in meiosis. They explain how synapsis leads to the formation of haploid gametes. Exploration of the differences between the processes of mitosis and meiosis occur. In accordance, explanations...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 10: Karyotypes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students predict traits of future offspring. In this biology instructional activity, students study karyotyping to predict genetic disorders. They research an assigned karyotype and present information about it.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seabird Survival Adaptation Card Game

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study seabirds and how they have adapted to their environments.  In this activity based lesson students will play a card game that will allow them to have a better understanding of seabirds and their adaptations. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Karyotype Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify chromosome pairs based upon band patterns and location of centromere. They order chromosome pairs based upon size. Students differentiate normal karyotypes from abnormal karyotypes. They correctly record karyotype...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chromosomes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore genetics, chromosomes and DNA.  In this genetics lesson students design a chromosome and identify a family tree through genetics. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Whale Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore whales and how they have adapted to survive in the ocean.  For this whale adaptations lesson students complete several activities that allow them to investigate animal adaptations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cancer Risks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolersbrainstorm ideas about Cancer and its couses. They read an article which describes communities in the United States that have been affected by high rates of cancer and information which describes hereditary factors that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Owns Rights to Pharmacogenetic Information?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of the rationale of ownership over scientific information. They research commercial applications of DNA sequences. They analyze how to evaluate medical ethics issues.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cancer as a Multistep Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the causes of cancer from a genetic standpoint. They explain the increase in cancer with age and create a hypothesis for cancer development. They use the laws of probability as well.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biology Assignment on Sex determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use this activity prior to the introduction of materials on Genetics. They read the article "Becoming a Male, Becoming a Female" in the publication From Egg to Adult. Students then complete the assignment in order to...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Where Do Genes Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other large organisms, there are a lot more genes to go around. Where did...
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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
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Mutations Are Changes in Genetic Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how and why mutations are so important to genetics.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molecular Clocks: Proteins That Evolve at Different Rates

For Students 9th - 10th
In this graphic and article from "The Human Evolution Coloring Book" by Adrienne Zihlman, four different proteins from humans and horses are compared and the reasons each protein evolves at its own characteristic rate are discussed.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Facts About Human Chromosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents information about human chromosomes, their structure, and genetic disorders that can result from mutations.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Some Dna Can Jump

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains information on how DNA is repaired to prevent mutated damage from interrupting DNA processes.
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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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Lesson Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Genetica Humana

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great unit on human genetics. It contains 17 interactive activities.
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Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: Sickle Cell Anemia

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives information about sickle cell anemia, a disease caused by mutations of the gene that forms red blood cells. Provided are answers to the following questions: "What Do Doctors Do?" and "What Can Teens Do to Stay Well?"
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Conquer a Genetic Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
In Blazing a Genetic Trail, by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, follow this three-step approach to treating genetic diseases.
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Handout
Other

University of Illinois: Population Genetics [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois at Chicago provides an in-depth article on Human Genetics, with a focus on primarily population genetics. The article is factual and informative full of charts, formulas, and extensive text. A...