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Curated OER

Grade Five Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 6th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary words to definitions, 15 words total. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Natural Selection and the Peppered Moth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study natural selection and its process in the peppered moth. In this evolution lesson, students read about the concept of natural selection as suggested by Charles Darwin. Learners then complete a natural selection simulation...
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Curated OER

Biology: Variation and Classification

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate classification of different animal groups. In this biology instructional activity students list characteristics of themselves and others they know to show differences and how they are classified. Students then answer...
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Curated OER

Painters, the Salon, and Critics, 1848-1870

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study the Beaux-Arts System. In this art history lesson, students explore French art between the years of 1848-1870. This lesson was written to accompany a field trip to the Musee d'Orsay.
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Curated OER

The Human Organism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate animal behavior by studying the lives of three female behavior scientists.  In this human organism lesson students do different activities that inquire and approach each females work. 
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Curated OER

Biology Honors Final Project

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders work on a project about cellular biology and genetics. In this biology instructional activity, 10th graders research about the assigned human body system and genetic disorders that affect it. They create a multimedia...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Spain Legalizes Same Sex Marriage

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read " Spain Legalizes Same Sex Marriage," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about patterns of inheritance including genotype and phenotype, and then learn about the inheritance of autosomal dominant and recessive and sex-linked genetic disorders.
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Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Complex Modes of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial reviews polygenic and multiple alleles, Punnett Square, sex-linked trait, and inheritance patterns. Follow the slides to ensure comprehension of inheritance.
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Handout
Other

Calvin College: Inheritance and Oop

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation in PowerPoint format that describes the object oriented programming concept of inheritance. Examples use the Java programming language.
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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
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Genetics I: Mendel's Laws of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Gregor Mendel's Laws of Inheritance. Discussion includes Mendel's discovery of dominant and recessive traits as well as co-dominance and incomplete dominance in genetics. Site also includes an interactive...
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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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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mendel's Laws of Genetic Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett squares to illustrate Mendel's laws of inheritance and how a particular gene combination results in a 3-to-1 ratio of dominant-to-recessive traits.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to non-Mendelian inheritance.
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Article
Other

Islam 101: The Islamic Laws of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay discusses how Islamic law views wills and inheritance. Provides several quotes from the Quran and lists some of the major rules of inheritance and exclusion of heirs.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Inheritance of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA, and why its inheritance does not follow Mendelian patterns.
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Website
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of multifactorial inheritance as it relates to cattle. This is easy to understand information using a cleft lip and coat color to explain multifactorial inheritance and quantitative inheritance.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what you know about patterns of inheritance by taking this pre test.
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Handout
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Sex Linked Inheritance: Drosophila

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are graphics illustrating an experiment with drosophila fruitflies. Sex-linked inheritance is demonstrated here using eye color alleles on X chromosomes. Site by Access Excellence.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Discovery what you know about patterns of inheritance by taking this post test.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Patterns of Human Inheritance: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing the basic patterns of human inheritance.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Complex Patterns of Inheritance: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick, five question multiple-choice quiz assessing complex patterns of human inheritance.
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Article
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of multifactorial inheritance is given followed by a short activity where students do a quiz to assess their possible risk of heart disease.

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