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DNA Detectives
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn this activity, from Access Excellence, students learn how DNA is manipulated and analyzed as forensic evidence. They get hand...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0DNA Biotechnology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceIn these Access Excellence activities, students simulate restriction enzyme activity and gel electrophoresis then complete two r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Extracting DNA
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health EducationThis purpose of lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to develop understanding of DNA by modeling the process of DNA extraction. The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Science of Mummies
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Technology, Science, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students explore how technological advances can lead to advances in scientific knowledge....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Protein Synthesis: At the Ribosome
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis tool, created by Science NetLinks, presents a brief animation that demonstrates the process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Young Blood
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Technology, ScienceIn this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you'll hear about how young blood can help old muscles heal faster. An experiment...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Genetic Science Learning Center
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Personal and Community Health, Health & Physical Education, Health EducationThis site, offered by the University of Utah, contains extensive information on genetics (including genetic disorders, testing, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Tour Through DNA
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, ScienceIn this activity, from Access Excellence, students are asked to lead others on an imaginary tour through DNA. They make a DNA mo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0DNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Growth, Development & AgingDNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life, from the Tech Museum of Innovation is an online exhibit with information about DNA. S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0DNA from the Beginning
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceDNA from the Beginning, from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, features an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and here...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Restriction Enzymes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, ScienceThis Access Excellence resource features classroom activities about genetics. In one activity, students perform an experiment th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Genetics: Tour of the basics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Growth, Development & AgingWhat are genes made of? What are chromosomes made of? Is that the same thing? Can I see DNA? What do I get from my parents besid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0How to Extract DNA from Anything Living
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Growth, Development & AgingThis experiment for students in grades 9-12 is from the Genetic Science Learning Center. How to Extract DNA From Anything Livi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Human Genome Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Growth, Development & AgingUsing this site, from the National Institutes of Health, you can find out about The Human Genome Project (HGP) kit, a free multi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Genetics: The Basics and Beyond
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Growth, Development & AgingThis page from the Genetics Science Learning Center features information about genetics. There is a list of online activities a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Genome Shuffling" May Speed Production of Antibiotics
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, American Democracy, Science and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a new technique that speeds up the evolution process. Scientists hope that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Modified Tobacco Plant Removes TNT from Soil
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, American Democracy, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about scientific efforts to create genetically modified plants that will detoxify...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Conservation Genetics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis article, from the Genetic Science Learning Center, features a description of conservation genetics, which combines the scie...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Gene Scene
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource is part of the American Museum of Natural History s OLogy Web site. OLogy is a Web site designed to help kids expl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Cracking the Code of Life
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ScienceThis resource, from NOVA Online, is the companion Web site to Cracking the Code of Life, which aired in August 2002. The progr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0