Genetics
Beginners
BrainPop
Growth, Development and Genetics
Movies explaining how genes determine what color your eyes turn
out and how you grow.
The Gene Scene
Some scientists are curious about basic questions of life: Where
did it come from? Why is it so varied? Why do children look like
their parents? To answer these questions, they study a type of
biology called GENetics (juh-net-icks). "Gen" means
beginning.
Genetic
'Experiments' for 2nd grade students
I'm guessing most 2nd graders will enjoy anything that lets them
stick their tongues out in the name of education, so I'd try
the tongue-rolling trait first.
Mutant
Fruit Flies
Some of those flies over your fruit bowl may be mutants: flies
with altered genetic codes. Collect some and look at them under
a microscope. See if you can find any like these flies here.
Science
2 Discover
Here, you will be able to solve several problems related
to genetics and medicine. For more on the human body, click here.
Advanced
BioInteractive
Multimedia site from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Site
has lots of lectures and illustrated presentations available
as movies online. For high school or older.
Genetic
Basics
How did we and our very distant cousins come to look so different
and develop so many different ways of getting along in the world?
A century ago, researchers began to answer that question with
the help of a science called genetics. National Institutes of
Health.
Genetics Science
Learning Center
Using inexpensive and easily found materials, you can learn to
extract and study DNA or even join a task force to develop a
public policy for newborn genetic testing. Site includes directions
for extracting
DNA from wheat germ.
Mendelian
Genetics
The Biology Project will help you learn about the basic principles
that govern Mendelian inheritance in plants and animals.
 The
New Genetics NEW
Explains how genes affect your health, and its companion poster,
Living Laboratories, presents a captivating, full-color
overview of how scientists are using model organisms for medical
research. Get free print copies of The New Genetics
and other educational publications using the online
order form. The National Institutes of Health.
Physical
Anthropology Tutorials
One of the hottest debates in paleoanthropology today centers
around the question of how modern humans are related to the Neandertals.
Cloning
Audubon
Nature Institute of New Orleans Announces Unprecedented Births
August 19, 2005
For the first time ever, two unrelated clones of a wild species
have bred naturally to produce healthy babies. Unrelated endangered
African wildcat clones have given birth to a total of eight babies.
DNA
DNA Interactive
Many scientists, including more than ten Nobel Laureates, were
interviewed for their viewpoints on how we came to understand
he DNA language of life, how we began to bend it to our own service,
and what it can tell us about who we are and how our lives may
be in the future.
Fruitful
DNA Extraction
Do you think you have very much in common with a kiwi fruit?
Believe it or not, a kiwi's genetic material is very similar
to your own! See and touch the genetic material that you'll extract
from the cells of a kiwi fruit.
How
to Extract DNA from Anything Living
DNA! You mean I can see it? How? Just follow these 3 easy steps.
I
Can Do That - Introduction to DNA
A revolution has occurred in the last few decades that explains
how DNA makes us look like our parents and how a faulty gene
can cause disease. This revolution opens the door to curing illness,
both hereditary and contracted. The door has also been opened
to an ethical debate over the full use of our new knowledge.
Simple
Thymus DNA Extraction
Students will be able to lift out masses of DNA. I have had students
pull gently until they lifted out about 2 meters of long chain
molecules.
Evolution
Early Theories
of Evolution
17th-19th century discoveries that led to the acceptance of biological
evolution.
Evolvovision
This animated "TV" shows you how we came to be the
burger-loving creatures we are. Man didn't just arrive on earth
looking for the nearest MacDonald's.
Science
and Creationism
A view from the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists seek
to relate one natural phenomenon to another and to recognize
the causes and effects of phenomena. Advanced.
Slouching
Toward Creation
Learn how Dolly, the sheep, was cloned as you glide through this
interactive site from Time Magazine.
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