Biology: Mendel and Meiosis

Chapter 10: Mendel and Meiosis

Chapter 10 Outline (word doc).

Section 10.1 Resources:

• “What Is Heredity?” section launcher movie.
• Cross different varieties of peas with this “Monohybrid Cross” animation.
• Experiment with “Mendel’s Peas” in this Web Lab.

Section 10.2 Resources:

• “Meiosis” animation.

Chapter Resources:

• “Mendel and Meiosis” review.
• “Mendel and Meiosis” word search puzzle (word doc). 
• “Mendel and Meiosis” crossword puzzle (word doc).
• Online “Mendel and Meiosis” matching game.

Links to go further

• A meiosis tutorial that includes: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/meiosis/main.html
• Animation comparing mitosis and meiosis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divi_flash.html
• Meiosis animation: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/movie/meiosis.htm
• mitosis and meiosis movies: http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/anthropology/stein2003/stein.html
• Meiosis animation: http://www.csuchico.edu/~jbell/Biol207/animations/meiosis.html
• Another meiosis animation: http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations/meiosis.html
• An animated comparison of mitosis and meiosis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html#
• Animations with audio of meiosis and the comparison between meiosis and mitosis: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/. . . 
• Several good heredity activities along with worksheets and videos: http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/flowers/flowers_unit.html#2
• Punnett square tutorial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnett_square
• Monohybrid cross problem set: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/monohybrid_cross/
• Tour the basics of DNA and heredity: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/