Heredity Unit Plan and Pacing Guide

This heredity unit plan covers the processes of meiosis, Mendelian genetics, Punnett squares, Non-Mendelian genetics, and complex patterns of inheritance, and includes everything you need to teach a complete high school heredity unit.

 

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Planning an entire heredity unit can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of moving parts, big concepts, and limited time to piece everything together.

This heredity and genetics unit plan covers the processes of meiosis, Mendelian genetics, Punnett squares, Non-Mendelian genetics, and complex patterns of inheritance, and includes everything you need to teach a complete high school heredity unit.

This free Heredity Unit Plan & Pacing Guide is designed to take that stress off your plate and accompanies my complete heredity unit.

Created by a high school biology teacher for teachers, this resource walks you through a complete 25-day heredity unit so you can see exactly how everything fits together before committing to a full curriculum. It gives you clarity, structure, and confidence when teaching one of the most important biology units of the year.

 

Heredity Unit Topics:

  • Meiosis
  • Alleles, Genes, and Chromosomes
  • Diploid and Haploid Cells
  • Mendelian Genetics
  • Punnett Squares
  • Non-Mendelian Genetics
  • Codominance and Incomplete Dominance
  • Multiple Alleles and Blood Types
  • Sex-Linked and Polygenic Traits
  • Pedigrees

 

What This Heredity Unit Plan Includes:

✔ A 25-day pacing guide that maps out objectives, warm-ups, activities, and assessments

✔ Clear daily learning objectives aligned to NGSS standards

✔ A full breakdown of how topics build from crossing over to pedigrees

✔ An overview of hands-on activities, labs, simulations, readings, stations, and assessments

✔ Example daily lesson plans so you can see how each day flows

✔ Materials lists and pacing suggestions to help with prep and scheduling

✔ Built-in remediation and sub-plan options

 

Get all my biology unit in the full-year biology curriculum bundle

 

This heredity unit plan shows you what to teach, when to teach it, and why it matters—without requiring you to design the unit from scratch. You will receive an editable version of this unit plan (and a unit vocabulary list) when you purchase the complete heredity unit – on sale now!

 

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