Human-Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait allows you to collect data and share your results with students around the world. Register your class, complete the student survey, participate in discussion boards, and interact...

This is a short introduction to the personality trait theory, with links to information on specific scientist's theories.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the variation of traits built into human DNA. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

An interactive Punnett Square inheritance calculator helps students work out patterns of recessive inheritance for a trait, such as straight or peaked hairline.

This is a chart showing the types of nonfiction, the traits of each, and the author's purpose.

The Genetic Science Learning Center presents the world of heredity and traits including activities to better comprehend the science, clear explanations of aspects of heredity, and an interactive opportunity.

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that various cultures identify certain behavioral traits as masculine or feminine. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Masculine & Feminine Traits."

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about learned and inherited traits. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Video describing 8 traits that successful people share. [7:17] Includes a short quiz following the video and a list of additional resources to explore.

Choose the picture that shows a learned behavior or an inherited trait.

Ever wondered why you might look like your parents? Or an animal cub my look like its mom? Learn about inherited traits with this quick and easy lesson.

[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...

A seven-part learning module on character traits and how to identify them. Lessons include links to lessons, a character traits list, videos and graphic organizers.

Four video clips followed by questions to help students learn to identify character traits in literary texts.

Check out this comprehensive website featuring ideas for teaching writing based on the six trait analytic writing model.

Inspired by the music "Free to Be. . . You and Me" by Marlo Thomas, this activity, which will take several days, asks young scholars to compose stories that teach character traits that will be shared with elementary school children. They...

This site explains how to determine the chances of inheriting certain traits from our parents. It gives mathematical examples and exercises.

Students can use this graphic organizer while making inferences about characters in a story or history text. Students will collect text evidence in the chart to support their character trait inferences.

A three-day unit introduces heredity by helping students identify their own genetic traits and then leading them in an exploration of generational traits and variation. Find printable worksheets, data tables, and graphs, as well as...

A six-part learning module with links to videos, images, and a rubric about the six traits of writing: ideas, voice, organization, word choice, fluency, and conventions.

This lesson will explain how traits are passed down by alleles, and that one particular genotype determines one particular phenotype. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Traits."

This lesson will explain how traits are passed down by alleles, and that one particular genotype determines one particular phenotype. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Traits."

This lesson will explain that genotypes can be either homozygous or heterozygous. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Types of Traits."

This lesson will explain that genotypes can be either homozygous or heterozygous. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Types of Traits."