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Middle School
- "Reproduction is a characteristic of all living
systems; because no individual organism lives forever,
reproduction is essential to the continuation of every
species. Some organisms reproduce asexually. Other
organisms reproduce sexually."
- Discovery
/ Plant Pollination
Lesson Plan / Students explore pollination of
plants in the classroom.
- Pollination
This site allows students to go step by step
through the life cycle of a flowering plant. From
"Pollination" page, click on "the life cycle of
the flowering plant." Other links go into great
detail on pollination.
- Biology
Lessons at SDSU
This site provides a great deal of information
on mitosis. There is an activity section, glossary
and an alternative ideas section. Good diagrams
of the process of cell division, chromosomes and
genetic information.
- DNA
from the Beginning
This site is an animated
primer on the basics of DNA, genetics, and heredity.
Select topics from the right frame, then select
concepts, and animation. Animations, biographies
and other related links makes this a good resource
site.
- Genetic
Science Learning
Online and hands-on
activities for grades 7-12 can be found on this
site. Teacher thematic units as well as
parent information enhance this site. As
the body's main building blocks, stem cells work
to develop, maintain, and repair tissues and organs
throughout life. Find out why medical researchers
are so interested in these cells and consider
some of the challenges in stem cell research.
- I
Can Do That
This site has a story
line version of the genetic science benchmarks.
Students will enjoy learning how DNA works and
how genes jump around on the chromosome.
- Kids
Genetics
Kids play a game to learn about punnets and pedigrees.
Several other interactive games are vailable.
- "The characteristics of organisms are influenced
by heredity and environment. For some characteristics,
inheritance is more important; for other characteristics,
interactions with the environment are more important."
- A
Nature and Nurture Walk in Mendel Park
Students can choose
activities happening in a park and decide if these
activities have been influenced by nature or by
both nature and nurture. This site covers
acquired vs.inherited traits. This is a fun activity
with good explanations for lower middle school.
- DNA
and Mutations
This site explores the way mutations can occur
in DNA to result in evolutionary changes in organisms.
The site explores the following areas: DNA and
the molecular basis of mutations; types of mutations;
causes of mutations; effects of mutations; a case
study of the effects of mutation; and the random
nature of mutations.
- Going,
Going, Gone
This site gives general information of 5 causes
of extinction with limited examples. Could
be used as a quick reference for students.
- Tour
the Basics of Genetics
Outstanding
- This is a Plug In Movie that gives general information
about heredity and has excellent animations to
go along with the descriptions. Students can click
through the movie. You can find this excellent
presentation by clicking on "What is Inheritance?...".
Teachers have to register with the site to access
it
- You
and Your Genes
An overview of genes and the role they play in
our lives. Subtitles include "Designer Genes-
They're the Boss", "Where did you get your pairs
of genes?" and "Typos and Misplaced Letters."
This site briefly discusses both the human genome
project and the environmental genome projects
(has links for both) by explaining how human genes
play a role in how we react to environmental substances.
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