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Worksheet
Curated OER

Inheritance Patterns in Zorks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this inheritance patterns worksheet, students create a visual of a Zork using chromosome strips to represent alleles from the father and the mother to determine the traits in the offspring. Students translate the genotype to the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Genetic Technology

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic learning exercise, students will complete 4 fill in the blank questions about selective breeding and determining genotypes. Then students will use a Punnett square to determine the genotype for two different breeding...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mendelian Inheritance of Human Traits

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this Mendelian inheritance worksheet, learners will use a pedigree to complete 4 short answer questions about recessive and dominant traits. Then students will create a Punnett square. Finally, learners will match 5 genetic disorders...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Applying the Laws of Inheritance

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Biology and mathematics can be integrated through a study of Mendelian Genetics.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mendel Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Mendelian genetics activity, students answer a variety of questions about Mendel's experiments and discoveries and they practice determining probability of outcomes in pea plants.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell Reproduction and Inheritance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine their inherited characteristics from their parents. In this biology lesson plan, students study the life of Mendel using an interactive website. They differentiate dominant and recessive characteristics.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetics and Heredity: The Next Generation

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders work in teams to order events of DNA transcription and translation protein synthesis. In the second lesson, they put the steps of mitosis and meiosis in order using a concept map poster. They use modeling clay to create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oops! I Made a Mistake

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study sickle-cell anemia.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Organisms Vary?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study variation of organisms. They determine this variation arises from genetic and environmental causes.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Come in Pairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated lesson will explain how genes are inherited in pairs, one from the mother and one from the father.
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Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Deviations From Mendelian Laws And: What Is the Meaning of Dominance?

For Students 9th - 10th
Upper level discussion of several of Mendel's experiments and laws.
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Lesson Plan
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pedigree Analysis: A Family Tree of Traits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Some characteristics, like the shape of your hairline, whether your earlobes are attached or detached, and whether or not you have freckles are inherited from your parents. In this science project you will learn about Mendelian traits,...
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Handout
Other

North Dakota State Univ.: Mendel's Law of Ind. Assort.

For Students 9th - 10th
Mendel's second law and how he arrived at it through his experiments. Includes vocabulary and examples.