Combining hands-on projects and interactive components, this robust lesson provides a thorough introduction to DNA, the function of genes, and similarities between and among organisms.
In this lab, you extract and isolate DNA from strawberries using simple, household ingredients.
Learn about DNA analysis techniques and ongoing space biology research.
Travel around the world with museum scientists: from Madagascar to Indonesia.
Zoom inside your cells for a fascinating look at chromosomes, DNA, genes, and more!
Make an edible model of DNA, then enjoy your creation!
Your Challenge: You will isolate the DNA from a sample of spinach.
Your students will work in small groups to model the genetic sequencing of a fictional patient’s DNA and explore the genetic elements that can be helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of people with genetic abnormalities.
Your students will learn how targeted therapy is changing treatment for cancer patients by using gene sequencing to look for cellular changes, chromosomal abnormalities, and gene mutations.
About 82,000 American service members are listed as Missing in Action – 72,000 from World War II alone.
Our intrepid hosts explore the legacy of the real Rosalind Franklin, who helped us understand life on Earth, and the future of her namesake robot, who is going to search for signs of life on Mars.
Outside editor Christopher Keyes looks at the efforts of Josiah Zayner, who is taking a damn-the-torpedoes approach to doing everything he can to bring gene editing to a laboratory—or even a garage—near you.