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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Geniverse Software

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of virtual labs focusing on genetic activities relating to a made up dragon genome. Students explore how inheritance works by studying different cases and running breeding experiments. By changing alleles, students perform...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: All in the Family

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students the scientific reasoning behind the societal taboo of incest. Students complete a Punnett square to determine the chances of an offspring inheriting two recessive...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bioinformatics

For Students 9th - 10th
This project is a series of interrelated modules designed to introduce the student to modern biological techniques in the area of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Dolphin Sponge Moms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Some bottlenose dolphins in Australia use a sponge (kind of like a glove) to protect the dolphin when it pokes around on the bottom of the bay. Do they figure this trick out on their own or do they inherit this ability or is it something...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Locker Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your rich, eccentric uncle just passed away, and you and your 99 nasty relatives have been invited to the reading of his will. He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you...
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Palomar Community College District

Human Abo Blood Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this review to introduce the human ABO system and how blood types are inherited.
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MsMoney

Ms Money: Joint Financial Goals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses financial goals for a married couple. It also includes links to worksheets that can be used for planning goals. In addition, menu items on the left side can be clicked for similar topics for other people, such as a...
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Other

Genetic Disease Foundation: Know Your Genes

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to educating about genetic inheritance. Explore genetic testing and how your family history affects your genetic information.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New Attitutdes Toward Wealth

For Students 5th - 8th
The accumulation of wealth went beyond inheritance in the late 19th century. Read about three different ideas for the ordinary person to become wealthy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Linkage

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses linked genes and why some characteristics are inherited together.
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National Institutes of Health

U.s. National Library of Medicine: Genetic Conditions: Huntington Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the disease effects on the body and the genetics behind its inheritance. There are several links to other useful sites.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mendel's Laws and Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes genotype and phenotype, and how genes are inherited.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Diseases

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Problems can occur with red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and other parts of the blood. Many blood disorders are genetic, meaning they are inherited...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Polygenic Traits

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Another exception to Mendel's rules is polygenic inheritance, which occurs when a trait is controlled by more than one gene. This means that each dominant allele...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Linkage

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses linked genes and why some characteristics are inherited together.
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Other

Fraxa: The Fragile X Research Foundation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
FRAXA is an organization started by parents in 1994 to support and encourage scientific research aimed at finding a cure for Fragile X, responsible for inherited mental impairment and autism. Access information on Fragile X Syndrome...
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Calculating Genetic Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
How can someone estimate their chances of developing a genetic disease? Probe some of the tools used to investigate disease inheritance, and find out why it is difficult to accurately predict what family members will get certain genetic...
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Other

South Carolina Educational Television (Scetv)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Visit the "Education" site of SCETV and find resources for the classroom. The site provides videos, written guides, and learning activities to accompany many of the network's programs: e.g., "Circle of Inheritance," (a history of South...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species. Fossils provide a record of organisms that lived a long time ago. They also...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Germline Mutation vs. Somatic Mutation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comparison of germline and somatic mutations based on cause, heredity, how they are inherited, the effects they have, when they occur, the extent of the occurrence, and how they are detected. Describes examples of both types...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Secrets of the X Chromosome

For Students 9th - 10th
The sequence of DNA that we inherit from our parents encodes directions for making our cells and giving us specific traits. Robin Ball explains how the secret lies in X chromosome inactivation.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Would Your Animal Survive Here? Day 1

For Students 3rd
Determine whether an animal can survive in a different environment than its own based on its inherited traits.
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Other

Royal Museums Greenwich: Peter the Great

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a list of facts about the reforming tsar, Peter the Great. It answers questions from how he inherited the throne to where he visited when he travelled abroad and discusses some of the main events in his life.

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