Additional Heredity Learning resources
0. Vocabulary
Genetics Vocabulary Chart
1. Traits
1a. Trait Twins worksheet
Background Vocab & Trait Twins PPT
Nature vs. Nurture PPT
Dominant & Recessive Traits (List)
2. Genotype vs. Phenotype
(no worksheet - fill out page 2 of vocabulary chart)
Genotype vs. Phenotype PPT (Vocab Chart Page 2)
3. (Regular) Dog DNA
3a. Dog DNA worksheet
Dog DNA PPT (Instructions)
3.5 Tour of the Basics
3.5a. Tour of the Basics worksheet
Tour of the Basics PPT (OK for iPads - use if you were absent or missed something)
Tour of the Basics Website (NOT for iPads (requires Flash). Use Tour of the Basics PPT above for iPads.)
4. Punnett Squares
4a. Punnett Practice Template
4b. Bikini Bottom Genetics (Regular)
4c. Bikini Bottom Genetics (Honors)
Punnett Squares PPT
4.5 Alien Alleles
4.5a. Alien Alleles worksheet
5. Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction
Reproduction: One Goal, Two Methods activity:
5a. Reproduction worksheet
Additional Videos/Websites:
5b. Video 1 (8 min) - Overview
5c. Video 2 (4 min) - Advanced Overview & Meiosis
5d. Website - Excellent Overview & Summary of Differences
5.5 Honors Extension Activities
5.5a. Honors Extension worksheet
5.5b. Thinglink (these links and more available below)
Honors Extension PPT (Instructions)
Honors Extension worksheet KEY
Sex-Linked Traits
Video (2 min) & 5 Questions (scroll down) (Note: Video will not play on iPads)
Reading
Incomplete Dominance
Incomplete Dominance Reading (you do not need to read the Codominance part)
Pedigree Charts
Pedigree Charts Video 1 (Mrs. Leet, 7 min)
*Pedigree Charts Video 2 (YouTube, 7 min, no sound, careful because we write Heterozygous different)
**Pedigree Video 3 (YouTube, 4 min)
Mutations
Mutations Video (5 min)
*Mutations PPT
6. Genetic Engineering (GE)
6a. GE Debate worksheet
GE Debate PPT (Instructions)
GE Readings:
Level 1
- Genetic Engineering 1
- GM Food 1
- GM Food 2
Level 2
- Genetic Engineering 2
- GE: The Controversy
- The GM Debate
- GM Advantages
- GM Criticisms
- What's Happening to Your Food?
- What is "BT" (Overview/FAQ)
Level 3
- Benefits & Safety Issues
- GE Plants used for Toxic Cleanup
- GE Research at U of MN
- Internet Source (Level 3 readers may also use the internet for 1 source if they want to.)
7. Artificial Selection (aka Selective Breeding)
7a. Overview 1
7b. Overview 2
7c. Problems in Dogs
7d. Dogs Decoded worksheet
Dogs Decoded VIDEO (Watch from minutes 30-45)
Dogs Decoded PPT (Instructions)
DONE: (Things to work on if/when you have extra time)
*Earbuds required for Audio and Video. If you do not have earbuds, please choose options that have text you can read.
Practice Materials
8. Review:
8a. STUDY GUIDE (Regular)
8b. STUDY GUIDE (Honors)
8c. Test Reflection
Punnett Percentage Practice PPT (with answers)
Genes vs. Environment Practice PPT (with answers)
Vocabulary! (see below)
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Chart
Vocabulary Chart KEY
Vocabulary Practice PPT
Flash Cards (QUIZLET)
Mr. Hill's Punnett Square Videos:
Note: We are using Notability this year, not Educreations, so you do not need to watch the Setup video.
Use your Punnett Squares document (Punnett Practice Template) in Notability to practice.
Hint: Pause the video to try the examples yourself before I show you the correct answers.
Template Setup Instructions
1. Punnett Practice 1 - Basic (Filling in boxes)
2. Punnett Practice 2 - Advanced (Percentages)
(More) Punnett Square Practice:
Punnett Practice Worksheet
Furry Family (*Requires Flash - does not work on iPad)
Genetics Vocabulary Chart
1. Traits
1a. Trait Twins worksheet
Background Vocab & Trait Twins PPT
Nature vs. Nurture PPT
Dominant & Recessive Traits (List)
2. Genotype vs. Phenotype
(no worksheet - fill out page 2 of vocabulary chart)
Genotype vs. Phenotype PPT (Vocab Chart Page 2)
3. (Regular) Dog DNA
3a. Dog DNA worksheet
Dog DNA PPT (Instructions)
3.5 Tour of the Basics
3.5a. Tour of the Basics worksheet
Tour of the Basics PPT (OK for iPads - use if you were absent or missed something)
Tour of the Basics Website (NOT for iPads (requires Flash). Use Tour of the Basics PPT above for iPads.)
4. Punnett Squares
4a. Punnett Practice Template
4b. Bikini Bottom Genetics (Regular)
4c. Bikini Bottom Genetics (Honors)
Punnett Squares PPT
4.5 Alien Alleles
4.5a. Alien Alleles worksheet
5. Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction
Reproduction: One Goal, Two Methods activity:
5a. Reproduction worksheet
- Website Link: One Goal, Two Methods
- Video 1: Asexual Reproducers
- Video 2: Why Sexual Reproduction?
Additional Videos/Websites:
5b. Video 1 (8 min) - Overview
5c. Video 2 (4 min) - Advanced Overview & Meiosis
5d. Website - Excellent Overview & Summary of Differences
5.5 Honors Extension Activities
5.5a. Honors Extension worksheet
5.5b. Thinglink (these links and more available below)
Honors Extension PPT (Instructions)
Honors Extension worksheet KEY
Sex-Linked Traits
Video (2 min) & 5 Questions (scroll down) (Note: Video will not play on iPads)
Reading
Incomplete Dominance
Incomplete Dominance Reading (you do not need to read the Codominance part)
Pedigree Charts
Pedigree Charts Video 1 (Mrs. Leet, 7 min)
*Pedigree Charts Video 2 (YouTube, 7 min, no sound, careful because we write Heterozygous different)
**Pedigree Video 3 (YouTube, 4 min)
Mutations
Mutations Video (5 min)
*Mutations PPT
6. Genetic Engineering (GE)
6a. GE Debate worksheet
GE Debate PPT (Instructions)
GE Readings:
Level 1
- Genetic Engineering 1
- GM Food 1
- GM Food 2
Level 2
- Genetic Engineering 2
- GE: The Controversy
- The GM Debate
- GM Advantages
- GM Criticisms
- What's Happening to Your Food?
- What is "BT" (Overview/FAQ)
Level 3
- Benefits & Safety Issues
- GE Plants used for Toxic Cleanup
- GE Research at U of MN
- Internet Source (Level 3 readers may also use the internet for 1 source if they want to.)
7. Artificial Selection (aka Selective Breeding)
7a. Overview 1
7b. Overview 2
7c. Problems in Dogs
7d. Dogs Decoded worksheet
Dogs Decoded VIDEO (Watch from minutes 30-45)
Dogs Decoded PPT (Instructions)
DONE: (Things to work on if/when you have extra time)
- Decoding DNA & Decoding DNA Key (you need both) (Honors/Challenge activity)
- Gene Screen (App)
- NPR - Perfection is skin deep: Everyone has flawed genes (Audio*/Text, 4 min)
- NPR - Shall I encode thee in DNA? (Audio*/Text, 4 min)
- The Secret of Life -- Discovery of DNA Structure (Video*, 9 min)
- TMBG Cells & DNA Song (Video*, 3 min)
- Genetics Rap (Video*, 4 min)
- Jurassic Park Mr. DNA (Video*, 3 min)
- EP - The Genome: DNA & Chromosomes (Video*/Text, 10 min)
- EP - Chromosome Structure (Video*/Text, 7 min)
- EP - DNA Packaging/Condensation (Video*/Text, 7 min)
- The Two Methods of Reproduction (Text, same as #5D above)
- Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction (Text and Advanced Video, 15 min)
- Unthinkable...Until Now (Text, GE research at the U of MN)
- EP - Mutations (Honors, Text)
- DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, Traits (Video*, 2 min, courtesy of Ryan A)
- The Eyes of Nye - Genetically Modified Foods (Video*, 24 min)
- NOVA: Dogs Decoded (Video*, 55 minutes; Foxes start at 35 minutes)
- Oops! 3 Pandas thought to be boys are girls (Text)
- Punnett Square Practice (Open in Notability)
- Dominant & Recessive Traits List
- Simply Stated: What is DNA? (Video, 5 min)
- Simply Stated: What is a Gene? (Video, 4 min)
*Earbuds required for Audio and Video. If you do not have earbuds, please choose options that have text you can read.
Practice Materials
8. Review:
8a. STUDY GUIDE (Regular)
8b. STUDY GUIDE (Honors)
8c. Test Reflection
Punnett Percentage Practice PPT (with answers)
Genes vs. Environment Practice PPT (with answers)
Vocabulary! (see below)
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Chart
Vocabulary Chart KEY
Vocabulary Practice PPT
Flash Cards (QUIZLET)
Mr. Hill's Punnett Square Videos:
Note: We are using Notability this year, not Educreations, so you do not need to watch the Setup video.
Use your Punnett Squares document (Punnett Practice Template) in Notability to practice.
Hint: Pause the video to try the examples yourself before I show you the correct answers.
Template Setup Instructions
1. Punnett Practice 1 - Basic (Filling in boxes)
2. Punnett Practice 2 - Advanced (Percentages)
(More) Punnett Square Practice:
Punnett Practice Worksheet
Furry Family (*Requires Flash - does not work on iPad)
Learn Forensic Science: CSI Web Adventures
One Hundred eighty degrees
The Biology Project: Human Karyotyping
Becoming Human: Chromosome Connection
Learn Genetics: Tour of the Basics
Learn Genetics: Make a Karyotype
The Gene SceneLearn to Breed Dogs
Dr. Saul's Biology Motion: Mitosis and Meiosis
Virtual Lab: Punnett Square interactive
Virtual Lab: Sex Linked Traits
PBS: Mitosis and Meiosis
Mendelian Genetics Walk through lab and additional learning on DNA fingerprinting
DNA from the Begining: Mitosis Explanation
DNA Finger printing (virtual lab)
NOVA: DNA Finger