Cells Alive! - colorful site containing graphics and animations of cells in action.
Cell WebQuest - Complete this web quest activity to learn more about cells.
Discovery School: Biology - Print out the worksheet and match terms with their definitions to test your genetics vocabulary.
The Gene Scene - The American Museum of Natural History presents Ology and includes teh following activities: DNA in a Blender, All About Cloning, DNA Detective, Gene Poll, What do You know about Geneitics?, Make a DNA Model, and Nature vs. Nurture-A Walk in Mendel Park among others
Genetics - Mendelian inheritance Our understanding of heredity originates with the experiments of Gregor Mendel. He was the first to envisage that there were definite units of heredity that we now call genes. Mendel knew nothing about meiosis or chromosomes but heredity can now be understood in this context.
Introduction to Mitosis - The purpose of this page is to show interested individuals how mitosis occurs in a stamen hair cell of the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana. The stages of mitosis are highlighted in a single cell, and the time/date generator information on each image provides the viewer with a sense of how long each step actually takes.
Kids Genetics - Learn more about genetics and heredity. Play a game with Punnett Square.
Meiosis - An explanation with diagrams.
Mendel's Discoveries - Learn about Mendel, the father of genetics.
Probability of Inheritance - A Punnett Square tutorial.
Punnett Square - explained through example of both Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
Punnett Square - Follow these steps to solve a problem in a monohybrid cross.
Punnett Square for Dihybrid Cross - How do you predict the outcome of dihybrid crosses? This tutorial will help!
Virtual Punnett - From this page you may perform Dihybrid or Monohybrid crosses. The dihybrid Punnett is designed to perform crosses between two genes, and to return the resulting genotypes and phenotypic ratios of the cross. The monohybrid Punnett is designed to perform a cross between a single gene, and to return the resulting genotypic and phenotypic ratios of the cross.
What Color Eyes? - (need Flash Player) an interactive eye color calculator which allows visitors to explore and learn about genetic inheritance. Users can see the probabilities of their children's eye color or that of their parent's children.
Working Out Punnett Square Examples - a virtual online practice using Punnett Square for both Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
Zooming into DNA - (need Flash Player) allows users to view real scientific images of cells, chromosomes and DNA
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