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Stem Cells and Cloning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss an article on cloning and stem cells and complete an Internet cloning activity. In this genetic engineering lesson, students analyze stem cell issues by reading an article and participating in a class discussion. They...
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Heredity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own baby pets based on the genes of the two parents.
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How Do We Generate a Large Amount of a Specific DNA Sample?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the Polymerase Chain Reaction technique that is used to create larger amounts of a gene. They watch and discuss a PowerPoint presentation, explore a website, and write a report listing the materials needed to...
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Molecular Medicine Comes of Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate the roles of employees of two fictional pharmaceutical companies to analyze how human genetic variation at a molecular level helps scientist better understand and treat disease. They explain the molecular structure of...
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Pedigrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine various inheritance patterns using pedigrees. In groups, they predict what might happen to the offspring of a woman with normal vision and carries the recessive allele gene. They determine the genotypes of the man and...
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Genetics DNA Replication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore DNA replication. Beginning with a teacher led discussion, students examine inherited information, genes, and Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA). As the teacher models the structures of DNA, tells about the contributions of...
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Genetics & Pedigrees

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine genetic inheritance patterns and pedigrees. After discussing sex-linked genes, students use pedigrees to determine the genotypes of parents in the P1 generation. They complete worksheets and disuss the results.
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Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine adaptation through a hands-on activity and determine how the gene pool can affect adaptability. They simulate a predator and prey relationship by going on a hunt for colored acetate disks. After a three minute...
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Picky Eaters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study taste receptors and explain how genes can influence them.  In this flavor lesson students view videos on picky eating and complete an activity.
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Plastic Egg Genetics

For Students 8th
In this genetics worksheet, students manipulate plastic eggs to discover the genetics of dominant genes.  Students combine the various colors and halves of the eggs to complete 6 phenotype graphs of the possible outcomes.
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Microarrays: Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Science and Medicine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research microarrays on the internet in cooperative groups. Students write an essay describing the use of microarrays in environmental research and in medicine.
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Stack #84201 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to biology. There are fifteen words located in the puzzle to find.  
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Human Traits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate their own traits and how they are affected by heredity. In this human traits and heredity lesson, students observe, compare, and describe physical differences among themselves. Students read the book 'We're...
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Why Do We Need Vitamin C in Our Diet?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare/contrast the DNA sequence data of the rat GULO gene to the inactive human GULO gene. They translate and align the sequences, and propose a scenario to explain the occurrence of an inactive DNA sequence to that of an...
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What Can Pseudogenes Tell Us About Common Ancestry?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare/constrast DNA sequence data for a portion of the rat GULO gene to the corresponding sequence in the inactive GULO gene in humans, chimpanzees, orangutans, and crab-eating macaques by identifying the shared sequences in...
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If Your Mom Has Big Feet, Will You Have Them Too?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe and apply the Mendellian principles of genetics, focusing predominantly on dominant and recessive genes. They demonstrate how two parents contribute genes and how those genes appear in their offspring. They describe...
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Plant Biotechnology: Controlling Tissue Differentation

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students demonstrate skills of biotechnology stringent aseptic technique and statistical analysis. They describe hormonal control of plant tissue differentiation and relate this to gene expression. Students observe the effects of...
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Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this evolution worksheet, high schoolers review genetic variability, gene mutations, biodiversity and adaptations. This worksheet has 22 fill in the blank and 10 short answer questions.
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DNA and RNA

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research the history and discovery of DNA. Using their text, they label a basic DNA structure and the composition of genes. They explain how RNA and DNA differ from one other and discuss the processes of transcription and...
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Camouflage and Protective Coloration: A Model of Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect data and compare whether protective coloration or camouflage provides better biological fitness in a given environment. They simulate predator prey interactions of two different species and use gene frequencies to...
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Scientist Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students imagine themselves working as research scientists completing the end-steps of a molecular research project and interpreting the data. They compare the gene sequences of normal and abnormal mice and evaluate the protein product...
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DNA, Protein Synthesis and Mutations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the chemical composition of DNA and RNA and how they work together to synthesize protein. They discover genetic codes, gene chromosome theory, and how the environment influences our appearance.
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The Meaning of Genetic Variation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate variation in the beta globin gene by identifying base changes that do and do not alter function, and by using several Internet-based resources to consider the significance in different environments of the base...
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Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss traits, traits that are inherited and how genes and chromosomes carry the code for traits. They research genetic disorders and their link to chromosome abnormalites and write a report on their findings. which...

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