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Curated OER

Pass It On

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers define terms, explain the relationship between sexual reproduction and meiosis and describe the process of meiosis. They view and identify phases of meiosis using a microscope and slides. They create a flipbook...
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Education Development Center

Education Development Center: Crossing Over

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial is about Morgan and his studies with fruit flies. Basic knowledge about genetics is important before trying this one.
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Education Development Center

Education Development Center: Dragon Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated activity offers a simple look at meiosis and the production of gametes for reproduction. The stages are well animated and then students can put the gametes together to make baby dragons to illustrate how different they can be....
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Concord Consortium

Biologica: Web Lab, Mendel's Peas

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site see an online visual of meiosis, fertilization, and inheritance and play a game.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Theodore Boveri's Discovery of Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Theodore Boveri will describe his research with worms that helped him discover the principles of meiosis. The animations of meiosis are really good.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Cell Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, online labs, and video animations, students explore the major concepts of cell reproduction.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: What Is Meiosis?

For Students 9th - 10th
In the virtual world of Geniverse, students study and manipulate the process of meiosis in dragons, and try to choose the right alleles in order to produce the target offspring.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Heredity: Your Connection to the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An indepth introduction to genetics as a whole with sample lessons, vocabulary, and bibliography. From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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Handout
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountian College: Introduction to Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains genetic beliefs before and after Mendel, and also includes a section on Mendel himself and his experiments, entitled, "The Monk and his Peas".
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Handout
San Diego State University

Sdsu: Lesson 2.5: How Do Organisms Reproduce? Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will allow students to grasp the complex concept of meiosis by modeling the process with clay.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Meiosis Tutorial: Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you understand the process of meiosis? Test your knowledge of meiosis with these problems.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you make a cell with half the DNA? Meiosis. This activity outlines the phases of meiosis, provides an overview of sexual reproduction, and describe how...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Gametogenesis, Advance

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Did you know the ostrich egg is just one cell? Tutorial describes the process of gametogenesis. and also compares and contrasts spermatogenesis and oogenesis.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learning Center: Learn Genetics: Using Karyotypes to Predict

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a series of chromosome problem scenarios to learn about several genetic disorders. Test your knowledge with a quiz at the end of the exercise.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Meiosis: A Love Story

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial that looks at how meiosis creates genetically diversity in offspring.
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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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Website
Nature Research

Scitable: Gene Inheritance and Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at gene inheritance and transmission with this webpage. This site explores genetics beyond Mendel and his peas. Investigate transmission genetics with the following topics gene linkage, variation in gene expression,...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Biology: Unit 3: Cell Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this third unit of a Biology course, students learn about cells and cell structure. They compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learn about the specialized structures in a cell and what their functions are. They will also learn...
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Website
PBS

Nova Online: How Cells Divide, Mitosis vs. Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow of mitosis and meiosis side-by-side. It is a summation of the two processes and the differences between them are clear.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mitosis and Meiosis Compared

For Students 9th - 10th
Meiosis is used to make sperm and egg cells. During meiosis, a cell's chromosomes are copied once, but the cell divides twice. During mitosis, the chromosomes are copied once, and the cell divides once. For simplicity, cells are...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Why don't you look exactly like your brother or sister? Meiosis involves the reducing of genetic material and chromosome shuffling which results in different genetic combinations. In this activity, students will view a computer model of...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Modern Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Try your hand at mating dragons to learn about genetic recombination, meiosis, and inherited traits. Understand how chromosomes separate in meiosis with a science animation. Then change alleles for the dragons to see what happens to...
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Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Meiosis Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This cell biology lesson explains and illustrated the different phases of meiosis. Includes vocabulary and assessment links as well as othe related resources.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Geniventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Geniventure engages students in exploring heredity, genetics, and the protein-to-trait relationship by breeding and studying virtual dragons. Students play through six levels of challenges, conducting simulated experiments that generate...