Gregor Mendel's work revolutionized agriculture from an art to a science. Explore Mendel's work with an interactive lesson that includes animations, video, and practice problems. The instruction describes the early discoveries that furthered our knowledge of the inheritance of genetic traits.

Concepts

genetic code, genetic traits, genetics, mendelian genetics, inheritance, inherited traits

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as an introduction during a lesson on inherited traits
• Have pupils research different experiments studying different traits of both plants and animals

Classroom Considerations

• Expects a basic understanding of genetic traits

Pros

• Includes links to resources that support the information in the lesson
• Resources include early art depicting the inheritance of genetic traits

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7