TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Locker Riddle?
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...
Palomar Community College District
Human Abo Blood Types
Use this review to introduce the human ABO system and how blood types are inherited.
MsMoney
Ms Money: Joint Financial Goals
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...
Other
Genetic Disease Foundation: Know Your Genes
A site dedicated to educating about genetic inheritance. Explore genetic testing and how your family history affects your genetic information.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: New Attitutdes Toward Wealth
The accumulation of wealth went beyond inheritance in the late 19th century. Read about three different ideas for the ordinary person to become wealthy.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Linkage
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses linked genes and why some characteristics are inherited together.
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: Genetic Conditions: Huntington Disease
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mendel's Laws and Genetics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes genotype and phenotype, and how genes are inherited.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Diseases
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Polygenic Traits
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Linkage
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses linked genes and why some characteristics are inherited together.
Other
Fraxa: The Fragile X Research Foundation
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...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Calculating Genetic Risk
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...
Other
South Carolina Educational Television (Scetv)
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...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution Aqa
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...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Evolution
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.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Germline Mutation vs. Somatic Mutation
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Secrets of the X Chromosome
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Would Your Animal Survive Here? Day 1
Determine whether an animal can survive in a different environment than its own based on its inherited traits.
Other
Royal Museums Greenwich: Peter the Great
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Science: Adaptation and Natural Selection
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how characteristics of plants and animals are inherited and how some characteristics can be affected by the environment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bronze Head From a Statue of the Emperor Hadrian
Hadrian (reigned 117-138 C.E.), once a tribune in three different legions of the Roman army and commander of a legion in one of Trajan's wars, was often shown in military uniform. He was clearly keen to project the image of an ever-ready...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 13.11 Molecular Genetics Overview
Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cats, Dogs,and Dragons. Oh My!
This is a technology-based, hands-on Biology lesson on Heredity and Traits. Students learn about the basics of Heredity through a virtual tour and then work to create their own dragon based on the inheritance of traits.(Adapted from ASIM).
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