Mendel Genetics Lesson Plans

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  Genetics Test Question Bank
  Free Lesson Plan (PDF) Lesson Plan (DOCX) & Answer Key with Membership
  Assessment Question bank to build assessments. An active membership is required to view questions.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3-3
  Published by NGSS Life Science

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  Punnett Squares – Pea Plants Worksheet
  Free Lesson Plan (PDF) Lesson Plan (DOCX) & Answer Key with Membership
  Worksheet Students will learn about the genotypes, phenotypes, and probabilities by completing Punnett squares for different characteristics of pea plants.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3-3
  Published by NGSS Life Science

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  Genetics with SpongeBob - Dihybrid Crosses
  Lesson Plan
  Worksheet Students complete dihybird crosses about SpongeBob. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3-3
  Published by Andrea Stonebraker

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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 HS-LS3-3
  Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty

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  Dragon Genetics—Independent Assortment and Gene Linkage
  Student Handout Teacher Notes
  Activity Students learn the principles of independent assortment and gene linkage in activities which analyze inheritance of multiple genes on the same or different chromosomes in hypothetical dragons. Students learn how these principles derive from the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis and fertilization.
  NGSS Standard HS-LS3-3
  Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty

More Mendel Genetics lesson plans are in the works.