Gender-Inclusive Biology

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Lesson: Sex, Genetics & Athletics from PGED

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lesson, athletics, sex differences

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Mini-Unit: Hybrid Zones, Evolution's Testing Grounds

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lesson, evolution, hybridization, diverse scientists, scientists, scientific research

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High School NGSS-aligned activities on Life Cycles, Inheritance, Animal Behavior, and Sex Development

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animal species, inheritance, lesson

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Ancient Skeletal Remains: Sex, Gender, And Archaeology

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lesson, human skeletons, anthropology, data

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American Psychological Association's Four-Lesson Unit on Gender

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lesson, psychology

Step 1: Flip a coin and highlight the capital or lowercase letter for that row.

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Reebops Nursery (gender-inclusive Genetics of independent assortment)

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gender-inclusive biology, meiosis, sex, independent assortment, genetics, mating, babies, reebops, dad, mom, sperm, egg, fertilization, ovum, development, reproduction, genetic diversity, recombination, crossing over, epigenetics, testes, ovaries

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Resource Roundup: environmental Science & Gender-Inclusive Adaptations

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environment, apes, environmental science, ecology, adaptations, resources, resource roundup, biology, salmon

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Differences in Sex Determination Investigation

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lesson, sex determination, biodiversity

animal species, biodiversity, reproductive strategies, sexual reproduction

Lesson Plan: The Guardian Frogs of Borneo

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animal species, biodiversity, reproductive strategies, sexual reproduction

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InstaGene Mendelian Inheritance App

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genetics, inheritance

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Inclusive Genetics Activities by Elizabeth Duthinh

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genetics, activity, lesson, intersex

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Sex Determination and Non-disjunction Lesson by Sabrina Kayed

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lesson, sex determination, sex chromosomes, meiosis, hormones, intersex

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Transgender Researchers Want to Make an Impact

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transgender, transgender scientists, science identity, gender identity

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Gender-Inclusive Pedigree Charts

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genetics, pedigree, diverse families, transgender, intersex, lgbt

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Diverse Families Toolkit: There’s More Than One Way To Make a Family

poster, genetics, family

poster, genetics, family

game, genetics, sex chromosomes, inheritance

Pigeonetics Game

game, genetics, sex chromosomes, inheritance

game, genetics, sex chromosomes, inheritance

advocacy, genetics, sex chromosomes, intersex

interACT Letter of Concern for Chromosome/Barr Body Staining Lab

advocacy, genetics, sex chromosomes, intersex

advocacy, genetics, sex chromosomes, intersex

reproductive strategies, animal species, sexual reproduction, hermaphroditism, sex change, unisexual, parenting

Diverse Reproductive Strategies Gallery Walk

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reproductive strategies, animal species, sexual reproduction, hermaphroditism, sex change, unisexual, parenting

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4 Ways Biology Can Make Your Teaching More Inclusive

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inclusion, articles, we are teachers, supporting all teachers, k-12, 9-12, k-5, infographic

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Sexing skeletons: the biology of sex, gender, and the incredible diversity of human biology

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lesson, nonbinary, intersex, skeletal system, gender-inclusive biology, anatomy

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Form: Student Pronoun & Name Do Now

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worksheet, do now, pronoun form, name form, personally identifiable information, student information, google doc

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Lesson Plan: Animal Patterns of Reproduction

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reproduction, animal species, sexual selection, sexual reproduction, lesson

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Lesson Plan — Chimera Butterflies: Non-Binary Animals (K-2)

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k, 1, 2, elementary

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Resource: WHO Gender and Genetics

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website, resources

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Activity: Testosterone Levels in Elite Athletes

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intersex, hormones, athletics, statistics, activity, graphical analysis, data

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Activity: Sex Verification of Athletes

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intersex, genetics, website, history, hormones, athletics, anatomy

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LGBTQIA Science/STEM Etymology

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lesson, etymology, vocabulary, poster, infographic

Activity: Nondisjunction and Intersex Traits

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Activity: Nondisjunction and Intersex Traits

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intersex, genetics, meiosis, website

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Evolution's Rainbow: A queer species database of 200+ organisms

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biodiversity, species, gender constructs, behavior, sexuality, examples, database, animal species

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Case Study: HIV Probability

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algebra, hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, case study, probability, survivorship, mortality, drug trial, immunospecificity, frequency, graphical analysis, permutations, recommendations

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