Patterns of Heredity
Students will describe the differences between incomplete dominance and codominant alleles, describe the difference between multiple alleles and polygenic inheritance, describe how internal and external environments affect gene expression, and interpret testcrosses and pedigree charts.

Calculating Cousins
All species of living things currently on the Earth are related on a genealogical level called "cousins," related to, but not descended from each other.

The Probabilities of Problems: A Look at Inheritance
Students learn how to calculate the probabilities of passing on certain genetic disorders and then evaluate case studies involving genetic testing.

Gene Puzzles
In this lesson, students will examine a fictional pedigree and determine which gene is responsible for a given trait. The genetic information for individuals is depicted as a jigsaw puzzle.

Genetic Pedigree Project
Assignment that allows students to demonstrate an understanding of pedigree charts based on their own families

Intro to Genetics
SWBAT determine and predict the genotypes and phenotypes of parents and their offspring.

Genetics - Screen Your Genes
Students will understand the processes of meiosis, independent assortment, fertilization and genetic variation by constructing simple pedigrees, determining their genotypes and phenotypes for five traits and their sex chromosome types and by transferring this information to paper model chromosomes which are used to simulate the process of fertilization.

Genetics - One Family's Fingerprints
Students will read the segment, "One Family's Fingerprints," in the May 1992 National Geographic and analyze the DNA fingerprints of family members. They will determine inheritance patterns of seven genes in the family and label the genotypes of each individual on a pedigree.

Color Blindness Problem Set
Sample pedigree for practice

Pedigree Analysis
Tutorial on pedigrees and their use in genetics

General Principles of Medical Genetics-Pedigree symbols
Illustration of symbols commonly used in pedigree diagrams

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