Standard Course of Study :: Advanced Placement Biology

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Polygenic traits with pennies: Uses the results of flipping pennies to represent the functioning of polygenic traits.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Buie Sadie, James Caldwell, Jeanette Fredericks, Janice Shue, Katie Wadsworth, and Tracy Watson.

Cancer risks: In this Science NetLinks lesson, students describe environmental and hereditary factors that increase the chance of developing cancer. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Connecting the dots: Genographic's markers in context: In this Xpeditions lesson, one of a multi-part unit on the Genographic Project, students examine markers of human migration, uncovered by such fields as archaeology, paleontology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies and Science); Provider: National Geographic

Genographic: Permanent markers: In this Xpeditions lesson, one of a multi-part unit on the Genographic Project, students review background information about the basics of DNA and chromosomal structure. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 Science and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

A Mendel seminar: The Science NetLinks lesson, constructed around Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper, is an advanced lesson in history, scientific inquiry, methodology, classical genetics, and plant biology. In this lesson, students are guided through a thorough discussion of part of the paper Mendel wrote about his pea plant experiments. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science