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National Human Genome Research Institute

Natonal Human Genome Research Institute: Talking Glossary Phenotype

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the defintion, illustrations, and an audio explanation of the term.
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National Human Genome Research Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute: Talking Glossary: Allele

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides an audio explanation as well as a written definition of what an allele is. Includes illustration as well.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Genomics

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what you know about genomics by taking this post test.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Genomics

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what you know about genomics by taking this pre test.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Is the Woolly Mammoth's Closest Living Relative?

For Students 9th - 10th
Although Woolly Mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years, scientists continue to learn more and more about this mighty animal. Some of the most exciting new research is being produced by looking at DNA extracted from the hair...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Use Dna Sequencing to Trace the Blue Whale's Evolutionary Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Around 50 million years ago, the mammalian ancestor of today's whales returned to the ocean. In this genomics science fair project, you will use mitochondrial protein sequencing to trace the evolution of whales and identify their closest...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Blast Into the Past Identify T. Rex's Closest Living Relative

For Students 9th - 10th
Believe it or not, scientists were recently able to recover tissue and partial sequence information for protein molecules from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. In this genomics science fair project, you will use the T....
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Neanderthals, Orangutans, Lemurs & You; A Primate Reunion

For Students 9th - 10th
You have probably seen figures showing how human beings are related to chimpanzees, gorillas, and other primates. In this genomics science fair project, you will use bioinformatics tools to generate your own primate family tree.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: The Human Genome Project, a Decade Later

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reviews advances made by medical researchers since the complete mapping of the human genetic code ten years earlier. Although the expectation then had been that cures could be found for many diseases based on this new...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Neurodegeneration and Genome Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage and study the graphics to complete the five-question quiz that follows.
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Dna Goes Upc: An Introduction to Dna Barcoding

For Students 9th - 10th
In recent years, Canadian scientists have been in the forefront of efforts to identify animal species by DNA barcoding. A single gene, cytochrome oxidase I (COI), that is present in all animals is being used to identify each species....
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Stem Cell Fundamentals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains the different types of stem cells and their potential uses in medicine.
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Edible Dna [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use food (licorice and marshmallows or fruit) to make models of DNA.
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Dna Code Bracelet

For Students 9th - 10th
For this activity, students create a bracelet of beads using DNA code. Each letter represents an amino acid and is three beads. The authors suggest that even younger students would enjoy this activity, although older students will...
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Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Dna Extraction Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
This experiment uses simple, easy to obtain ingredients. It involves extracting DNA from fruit. It is recommended for grades 8 and up but is good for demonstration purposes with younger students.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how genes, sections of the DNA, are formed including descriptions of transcription and translation. It provides links to a video and a test.
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Other

Genome British Columbia: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This PowerPoint presentation explains stages in cell development and in mitosis.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Dna Is Only the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
The human genome project was established to determine the sequence of DNA bases that are found in each human cell. Understanding what the resulting proteins do is an entirely different project. This page is about how we are trying to...
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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Emerging Diseases: New and Old [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Start thinking about how to help make the world a safer place by studying biotechnology, in particular proteomics and genome study.
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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Cracking the Code of Life [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Biotechnology Institute, in conjunction with a special titled, "Cracking the Code of Life" from NOVA/WGBH television, presents this issue dedicated to explorations of the human genome, one of the most exciting and provocative areas...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Sequencing Race Begins

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at one of the key players in the race to decode the human genome.
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National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Welcome to Ncbi

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: X or Y: Does It Make a Difference?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the following lesson students describe the functional differences of X and Y chromosomes, and explain the significance of these differences within the human genome.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: James D. Watson, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of James Dewey Watson who, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1962. Watson was later the first person to lead the Human Genome Project....

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