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PBS

Pbs Bloodlines: Making Precedent

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site where students are challenged to read several case studies and make choices about what they would do in the situation. After they choose they are presented with some of the consequences that their decision may produce in...
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Engineering a Crop

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation allows you to compare selective breeding with transgenic manipulation to see which one produces a better crop.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Super Salmon

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" explores genetic modification of salmon and possible consequences.
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: The Secret of How Life Works [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Biotechnology Institute issue, get a glimpse the ethical implications of work done on the study of DNA and genetics.
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Planting for the Future [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This Biotechnology Institute's issue explores plant-made pharmaceuticals, using plants to manufacture useful proteins. It's one of the many aspects of biotechnology--the use of living organisms to benefit humanity.
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Website
Other

Union of Concerned Scientists: Science for a Healthy Planet and Safer World

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website for Union of Concerned Scientists provides information on environmental issues and suggestions on actions people can take to curb environmental harm.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Biotechnology in Agriculture

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The majority of the corn in the United States is genetically engineered. Corn syrup is used to sweeten many things, like Coke. Corn is also fed to the cows. Learn...
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Website
University of Arizona

Pulse: Dawn of New Revolutions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross curricular unit focusing on how much and what kinds of foods are produced because of pesticides and genetically engineered foods. Students will investigate the impact on humans due to the new technology in food production. Topics...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
Genes can sometimes be a difficult topic for students to understand, but this article provides a nice description of genes, how they work, and the disorders that can sometimes arise. The article also touches on how genetic engineering...
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Handout
Other

University of Cincinnati: Dna Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the history and the science of DNA. Content also examines and considers the possibilities of genetic engineering and mutation.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Restriction

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated slide show demonstrates the genetic engineering process of DNA restriction.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Building a Dinosaur From a Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking...
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Website
Other

Grace Communications Foundation: The Meatrix

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers short animated videos, interactive activities, and a collection of articles and links about the major issues surrounding sustainable agriculture and factory farming. Such topics discussed are pollution, animal...
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Website
Other

J. Craig Venter Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
A non-profit research institute that specializes in the capture of genome information on all forms of life, including human. Information is very scholarly.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cloning

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cloning is the process of creating an exact replica of an organism. The clone's DNA is exactly the same as the parent's DNA. Bacteria and plants have long been able...
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Interactive
PBS

Iowa Public Television (Iptv): Explore More

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore More is an online and broadcast series engages students in problems they can relate to, provides compelling content for investigation and gives students opportunities to form their own points of view on contemporary issues such...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Iowa Public Television: Explore More News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Investigate an issue related to genetic engineering, energy, working landscapes or water quality. Write several articles that define the issue, describe the different views on the issue and explain why people should be interested in this...
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Article
Other

Gmfn: u.s. Chemical Giant Monsanto Wields Control

For Students 9th - 10th
This article has lots of information on the practices of Monsanto, the chemical giant that produces Roundup and Roundup Ready Grains.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: The Pros and Cons of Cloning

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the positive and negative aspects and repercussions of genetic cloning.
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Industrial Biotechnology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about three products of biotechnology and genetic engineering while getting a glimpse of the technologies behind these products. Also learn how science and engineering can make industrial products to be sold commercially.
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Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Genetics and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the ethical, legal, and social implications genetic technologies have on society. Explore the ethical considerations that genetics has on our society with the advances in genetically-tailored treatments, genetic...
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Interactive
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Cloning in Focus

For Students 9th - 10th
This group of pages comprehensively covers the topic of cloning. There is an interactive section about how it's done, some history of cloning technology, important issues in cloning, and even an interactive quiz.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Water, Soil, and Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the fundamental importance of water, soil, and agriculture in sustaining the human standard of living; and the heavy toll that current agricultural practices take on water and soil resources.

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