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Utilizing basic medical terminology, students discuss ethical dilemmas and develop demographic information based on health care case studies. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students conduct Internet research on Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy. They design a puzzle to represent these processes, read and summarize an article, conduct research, and design a theoretical experimental procedure. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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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 disease-related genes and how they corresponds with treatment. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students are introduced to genetics along with genetic diseases and heredity. In groups, they complete a Punnett Square to determine the dominant and recessive genes. After viewing diagrams, they identify the characteristics of DNA and demonstrate the processes of Meiosis and Mitosis. To end the lesson, they discover the factors that cause genes to mutate. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the current field of genetics. They define key vocabulary terms, and conduct Internet research on human genetics. Students watch a training video about how to create a PowerPoint presentation, then produce their own PowerPoint presentation on genetics. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study genetics and heredity. They explore the structure of DNA and genes through a series of activities that includes watching videos, conducting online research, and making vocabulary books. They investigate DNA, genetics, and heredity through lab experiments. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss information about genes and consider how that information is changing thoughts about human behavior and scientific research. They write essays about how information about genetics affects private homes, the research laboratory, and hospitals and clinics. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students complete a unit of study on bioethics. They participate in a discussion about gene therapy and its uses. They review two case studies and discuss the ethical issues focused on in the cases. They develop a patient record based on the information listed on each case study. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students identify the structures that actually assort independently. They are taught how gene maps are produced. Students compare the processes of mitosis and meiosis. They are shown their (mitosis and meiosis) significane to sexual and asexual reproduction. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students identify and describe three ways in which people have developed organisms with desired traits. Then they identify some uses of DNA fingerprinting and state the goal of the Human Genome Project. Students also make a fingerprint on a sheet of paper and compare each labeled fingerprint with the fingerprint on the unlabeled paper to decide whose fingerprint it is. Full Review »