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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Born of Blood: Inheritance of Blood Types

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine inheritance of blood types.  In the chromosome lesson, students create a model of chromosome and predict the blood type of offspring.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dragon Genetics Lab-Principles of Mendelian Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study genetic traits using popsicle sticks as chromosomes. In this biology lesson, students explain how traits are inherited from parents. They differentiate dominant and recessive genes.
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Curated OER

EMS Lesson 1: Variety is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discern that dominant and recessive traits occur in a variety of combinations in any given group of people.
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Curated OER

Variety is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Gregor Mendel's work with genetics. They complete a survey of their friends and family in order to identify dominant and recessive traits. Once their surveys are complete, students discuss the ways in which dominant...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sex-Linked Genes and Disorders

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this genes worksheet, students determine how the gender of a baby is produced plus explore sex-linked disorders such as hemophilia. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank and 8 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blood Business

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different kinds of blood. In this biology lesson, students investigate the antigens, agglutinins and Rh factor using their own blood. They use Punnett squares to predict blood type of offspring.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Variations on a Human Face Lab

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders gain an application level understanding of probability, symmetry, and ratios and rates that exists in one's everyday environment relative to human genetics.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetics the Easy Way

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use recyclable trash to construct a Recycle Critter family. They calculate the probability of the phenotype of the offspring that two heterozygous parents produced.
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Curated OER

How You Become a Unique Individual

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate how traits are passed from parents to offspring via meiosis and fertilization. They recognize that the combination of alleles forming a gamete is random.
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Curated OER

Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are able to define meiosis. They are able to compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis. Students are able to state the phases of meiosis. They complete a K-W-L chart on meiosis and mitosis. Students talk about meiosis...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Multiple Alleles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a simple ABO blood system for the introduction of this subject using concrete models of eythrocytes (red blood cells, or RBC's), antigens, and antibodies. They can physically see the antigens that result from certain...
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Curated OER

Genetics: Genes and DNA

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study DeoxyriboNucleic Acid or commonly known as DNA and discover importance of DNA strand, chromosomes, and genes.
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Curated OER

Multiple Alleles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students observe models of the ABO blood system including erythrocytes, antigens, and antibodies. They investigate the antigens that result from certain allele combinations and move antibodies to determine whether agglutination occurs...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of evolution and its implications upon the origin and development of life. They conduct research using a variety of resources while focusing upon cross-over and mutations. The information is used to set...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taster/Non-taster Lab Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine if they are tasters or non-tasters and then replicate the experiment with family and peer group members. They collect data from the experiment to determine which trait is dominant.
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Punnett Squares

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A Punnett square is a special tool derived from the laws of probability. It is used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents. Learn more...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Don't Be a Square

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After watching video clips from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, young scholars explore the use of Punnett squares to predict genetic trait inheritance. The objective of this lesson is to articulate concepts related to...
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: From Flowers to Freckles: Medel's Mighty Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how scientist use models to simplify concepts in science.
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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...