Mendel Genetics Lesson Plans
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Fruit Fly Punnett Square Worksheet Lesson Plan (PDF)
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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)
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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 Lesson Plan (PDF)
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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
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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
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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.