Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Biology #9: Heredity

9th - 10th
Hank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness. [10:18]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Heredity and Genetics: Genetics 101 Part 4: What Are Phenotypes?

9th - 10th
Discover how your observable traits, or phenotypes, are the result of interactions between your genes and environment.
Instructional Video
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Genetics

3rd - 8th
Learn about the contributions of Gregor Mendel to genetics. [1:21]
Instructional Video
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Heredity

3rd - 7th
Animated video, with an accompanying quiz, explains what heredity is and how it works.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course History of Science #25: Genetics Lost and Found

9th - 10th
Sometimes trailblazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again....
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course History of Science #23: Eugenics and Francis Galton

9th - 10th
After Darwin introduced the world to the science of evolution, his cousin put his own spin on these theories. Francis Galton decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and came up with Eugenics which led to...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Alleles and Genes

9th - 10th
A gene as a stretch of DNA on a chromosome. Alleles as versions (sequence variants) of a gene. [8:18]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Thomas Hunt Morgan and Fruit Flies

9th - 10th
Thomas Hunt Morgan's pioneering fruit fly work that helped validate the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Genetics: Lesson 3

7th - 8th
This lesson will introduce genetics, and explore the role of DNA in inheritance. It is 3 of 6 in the series titled "Genetics."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Genetics: Lesson 4

7th - 8th
This lesson will introduce genetics, and explore the role of DNA in inheritance. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Genetics."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Law of Independent Assortment: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."