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Genetics- You Are Unique

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students identify inherited traits. In this genetics lesson, students participate in a discussion about traits and use a checklist to identify inherited traits. Students complete a hand-out.
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Who Will I Be Tomorrow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine various careers and character traits. They create an Affinity Chart using career survey results, compare/contrast personality traits and character traits, and discuss why character traits are important for jobs.
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Family Tree Video

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a video with photos with photos of their family members. They demonstrate an explain of traits that are inherited.
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Illustrate With Character

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine character traits and apply characteristics of those traits to images and quotations. They design, save and print using a desktop publishing program. They utilize reference tools to locate quotations.
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Taster/Non-taster Lab Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils determine if they are tasters or non-tasters and then replicate the experiment with family and peer group members. They collect data from the experiment to determine which trait is dominant.
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All About Me

For Teachers 7th
Students practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography.
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What is Good Writing

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars identify the qualities of good writing. In this writing lesson, students use the 6+1 Traits of Writing and use a rubric to discuss samples of writing on the overhead. Young scholars discuss the strengths and weaknesses of...
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What is Good Writing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess samples of writing for each trait and discuss rationale for scoring. They comprehend that the traits of writing offer a common language for revision. Students are shown how to asses their writing and what makes good...
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I Am Unique

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study traits of organisms including genetics and inheritance. In this genetic traits lesson, students complete a shared reading and discuss the 6 traits of uniqueness. Students sort themselves by specific traits and chart their...
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Paint's Family Tree

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn about hereditary traits and family trees. In this heredity lesson, 5th graders act out a family tree skit and complete a 'trait summary' worksheet. Students then complete the 'Paint's Family Tree' worksheet. Students...
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Mendel's Laws of Heredity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this heredity worksheet, learners will use diagrams and informational paragraphs about traits, alleles, and genotypes to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Super Hero Genetics

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concepts of phenotypes and genotypes.  In this genetics activity students work together to pick a superhero and determine the traits of the offspring. 
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Real Family Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research genetic disease and mutation causing traits in family pedigrees simulated in a class activity. Students are each assigned a genetic trait and a "spouse" and must conduct research on their traits and the probability of...
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Personality Development

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students identify and explore the 5 traits that define personality. In this personality traits lesson plan, students build a character using 3 of the 5 personality traits and present their character. Students create a chart about how...
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EMS Lesson 2: Outrageous Offspring

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the principles of probability that can be used to predict hereditary traits.
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Flower Power: An Introduction to Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe flowers and how they grow according to heredity. In this flowers lesson plan, students observe physical traits that make flowers the offspring of other flowers, and fill out worksheets according to their findings.
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Early America

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore what a leader represents. In this social science instructional activity, students discuss what the traits, qualities, or characteristics are of a leader. Students also understand that leaders existed in America's past...
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Raptors: Senses and Influences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the traits of humans to raptors.  For this senses and beneficial traits lesson students create a newsletter and compare raptors to aircraft. 
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Sunken Lesson: Animal Growth and Heredity Grade 5

For Teachers 5th
This animal growth PowerPoint includes bulleted text organized into categories including cell division, mitosis, regeneration, sexual and asexual reproduction, life cycles, metamorphosis, and inherited traits. Diagrams are included in...
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Nature and Nurture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students look into the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits. They examine how genes and the environment affect personality
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Making Babies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a human traits survey.  For this genetics lesson students read articles and fill out a worksheet on genotype and phenotypes. 
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Bird Buffet

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study traits of different bird beaks. In this bird instructional activity, 5th graders explore the function and usefulness of different inherited traits of birds.
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Comparing Apples and Onions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe heredity. In this Science lesson, 5th graders are introduced to the concept of traits being passed from parents to offspring. Students investigate the concepts through apples and onions.
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All About Me

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.

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