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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dolly O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned with DNA from an adult cell, is the subject of this interactive OLogy card. Flip the card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information that focus your...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Transformation, Part 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated slide show illustrating Morton Mandel and Akiko Higa's calcium chloride method of DNA transformation.
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Transformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Through animated images, follow the experiment which created the first custom-made organism containing recombinant DNA.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Scottish Sheep Shocker

For Students 9th - 10th
Simplified and irreverent explanation of how Dolly was cloned. Includes a simple timeline of cloning technology. Some good information behind the humor.
Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the technology involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Students work through interactive learning material, answering review questions along the way.
Handout
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Pharmaceutical Business

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pharmaceutical business. Learn about everything from medicine research and development to human resource concerns for a drug manufacturing company. Some interactive illustrations and suggested...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Natural Law Party Platform

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Natural Law Party has an action plan to revitalize America". This site provides with the issues and platform on many different issues for the Natural Law Party in the United States.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Human Cloning: Is It Biological Plagiarism?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson guides students to learn the science behind cloning, explore the benefits and consequences of human cloning, and communicate their knowledge and points of view.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Restriction Enzymes & Dna Ligase

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about restriction digestion, where the result has sticky ends and blunt ends. Also find out about ligation reactions.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bacterial Transformation & Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the transfer of plasmid DNA into bacteria. Also find out how bacteria are selected, and how proteins are produced and purified.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Timeline: The Pursuit of Immortality

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline that allows students to explore humans' pursuit of a longer and healthier life. Includes major events from fourteenth through the twentieth centuries.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Mitosis and Cell Specialisation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on cloning. Plants can make identical copies of themselves by asexual reproduction, for example by tubers and runners. Humans have been cloning plants for years and have recently started to develop techniques to clone...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Biotechnology Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on biotechnology.
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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Progeria: Growing Old Too Fast [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can read this full-length download of the biotech magazine which discusses how biotechnology can help those with rare diseases like Progeria.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: K 12 Education Curriculum: Online Classroom Projects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.
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Read Works

Read Works: Cloned Canine

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the first scientists to successfully clone a dog. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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