The Genetics: The Study of Heredity Student Learning Guide includes self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, inquiry-based activities, a lab investigation, key vocabulary review and assessment review questions, along with a post-test. It covers the following standards-aligned concepts: How Trait are Inherited; Chromosomes & Karyotypes; Gregor Mendel; Mendel?s Experiments; Dominant and Recessive Traits; Punnett Squares; Phenotypes & Genotypes; Codominance; and Making a Pedigree. Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other state standards.