Genetics: Heredity
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| Genetics: Heredity |
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Description:
| These sites are about the genetics of heredity. Learn what heredity and inheritance are as well as why children are like their parents and sometimes they are not. Includes games, online tests, and animations. There are also links to eThemes Resources on Genetics: Basics, Punnett Squares, Genes and DNA, and Inherited Blood Diseases. |
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Grade Level:
| 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Resource Links:
| BrainPop: Heredity
View this movie about heredity and then take a quiz. NOTE: The web site is available by subscription only.
What Makes You? What Makes Me?
Learn about heredity and how genes control your physical traits from this interactive cartoon.
What is Inheritance?
Learn why are we are like our parents and why we look like our siblings.
Heredity: Family Level
Learn why some family members look different from their their parents. Also, click on "More about Heredity" to view an animation about heredity and inheritance. Then click on "Heredity learning activity" to play a game.
Science NetLinks: Nature and Nurture
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the roles of nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits.
Lesson Plan: Bear Breeding
Here is 3-page pdf of a lesson plan aims to help students understand basic principles of genetics and to test hypotheses to explain Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetic patterns.
Heredity: A Link to Your Past
This site has lesson plans related to heredity in pdf format.
Quia: Heredity and Genetics Test
Test how much you know about heredity and genetics from an online test.
Quia: Heredity Vocabulary Game
Here are vocabulary games related to the study of heredity.
Quia: Heredity Jeopardy
Play a jeopardy game to test your knowledge of heredity.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Basics
Learn about the basics of genetics and the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel. Find out what heredity is, what genotype and phenotype are. Learn about different types of crossing and breeding, traits, genes, and chromosomes. Includes animated movie, matching and concentration games, quizzes, and flashcards. There are links to eThemes resources on Punnett squares, DNA, and blood types.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Punnett Squares
Learn about the Punnett squares chart and how it is used for successful breeding and predictions of certain traits. Learn about incomplete dominance and codominance, dominant and recessive alleles, genotype and phenotype. Includes interactive Punnett's squares charts, quizzes, problems, matching, and concentration games. There are links to eThemes resources on the basics of genetics, DNA, and blood types.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Genes and DNA
Learn about deoxyribonucleic acid commonly known as DNA. Discover the importance of the DNA strand, chromosomes, and genes. Read about people who worked on discoveries in the past and what scientists are able to achieve today. Find out how many of the same chromosomes people share with each other and the rest of living creatures. Learn about the Human Genome Project. Includes online quizzes, interactive tours, 3D animations, and video clips. There are links to eThemes resources on genetics and Punnett squares.
eThemes Resource: Genetics: Inherited Blood Diseases
Learn about the genetics of inherited blood diseases. Find out how genes can produce errors and pass on effected genes from parents to their offspring. The following web sites discuss sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, and phenylketonuria (PKU). Learn how people live with and treat these blood disorders. There are link to eThemes resources on DNA and Punnett squares.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
11.1, 11.2
AR Standards:
LS.3.6.1, LS.3.6.2, LS.3.6.3, LS.3.6.4, LS.3.7.1, LS.3.7.2, LS.3.7.4
DE Standards:
7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.4, 7.1.7
IL Standards:
12.7.12
ME Standards:
E4.a, E4.c
NV Standards:
L.5.A.1, L.5.A.3, L.8.A.1
OK Standards:
C.3.1, C.3.2
UT Standards:
IV.1.a, IV.1.b, IV.1.d, IV.2.a, IV.2.b, IV.2.c
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