Mendel Genetics Lesson Plans

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  Fruit Fly Punnett Square Worksheet
  Lesson Plan (PDF) Lesson Plan (DOCX) with Membership
  Worksheet Students will learn about the genotypes, phenotypes, and probabilities by completing Punnett squares for different characteristics of fruit flies.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3.B: Variation of Traits
  Published by NGSS Life Science	High School

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  Pea Plant Punnett Squares
  Lesson Plan (PDF) Lesson Plan (DOCX) with Membership
  Worksheet Students will learn about the genotypes, phenotypes, and ratios by completing Punnett squares for different characteristics of pea plants.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3.B: Variation of Traits
  Published by NGSS Life Science	High School

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  Pedigrees WS
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  Worksheet Students will learn how to use pedigrees to trace a autosomal genes as they pass from generation to the next generation. Students will also learn about genetic disorders.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3.B: Variation of Traits
  Published by NGSS Life Science	High School

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  Genetics with SpongeBob - Dihybrid Crosses
  Lesson Plan
  Worksheet Students complete dihybird crosses about SpongeBob. [url="http://spongebob.nick.com/" title="SpongeBob"]SpongeBob SquarePants[/url] and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
  NGSS Standard
  Published by Andrea Stonebraker	High School

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  Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals
  Student Handout Teacher Notes
  Activity Students learn the genetics and immunology of the ABO blood type system, using simple chemicals and logical reasoning to solve a murder mystery and to determine whether two babies were switched in the hospital.
  NGSS Standard
  Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty	High School

More Mendel Genetics lesson plans are in the works.