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Browse results: Genetics and Heredity
| RESOURCE | GRADE LEVEL | MEDIA TYPE |
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The Three Levels of Biodiversity
This interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, introduces learners to the three levels of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem.
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5-8 |
Interactive |
All in the FamilyIn this Evolution Web feature, test your skills at judging who's who on the tree of life while you learn about the tools and methods of cladistics. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
American Chestnut TreeThis annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create blight-resistant trees. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Animal Cloning 101Learn about clones and explore the methods scientists use to create clones in the lab in this interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Build a Family TreeBoth sexes can use this interactive feature that lets you use DNA information from the Y chromosome to complete a male family tree. From the NOVA: "Lost Tribes of Israel" Web site. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Cell Membrane: Just Passing ThroughThis interactive feature describes some of the most important structures and functions of the cell membrane. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Cell Transcription and Translation In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Nebraska, learn how and where transcription and translation occur within a cell and observe both processes in detail.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Chromosome ViewerThis interactive feature provides a microscopic view of the 24 Human chromosomes. Each chromosome is labeled with the names of some of the genetic conditions and traits associated with particular regions on that chromosome. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Create a DNA FingerprintLearn DNA profiling, the technique police use to catch the guilty and free the innocent. From NOVA: "The Killer's Trail" Web site. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
DNA ExtractionThis interactive activity adapted from the University of Nebraska's Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary illustrates how DNA, which is normally locked inside of cells, is extracted from living tissue. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
DNA LibrariesThis interactive resource adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center explores the different types of DNA libraries used to store and access genetic information. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
DNA SequencingThis interactive activity adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center looks at two techniques used to sequence DNA: the Sanger method and an automated process based on the Sanger method. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
DNA WorkshopHow does DNA perform those all-important functions of replication and protein synthesis? This interactive feature from the A Science Odyssey Web site will help you explore and understand the secrets of DNA. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Engineer a Crop: Transgenic ManipulationYou're the geneticist now. In this interactive feature from the NOVA/FRONTLINE "Harvest of Fear" Web site, use the latest in genetic technology to engineer your own "supercrop" of tomatoes. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Look At Me NowChildren go through countless physical changes during the first year of their life. Look At Me Now, an original KET interactive, depicts a year in the life of a baby through photos, and highlights the changes we experience while growing. |
Pre-K-1 |
Interactive |
Explore a Stretch of CodeTry your hand at reading a segment of genetic code in this interactive feature from the NOVA "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
From Seed to Fruit InteractiveChildren get a glimpse of what happens underground in the life of a cherry tomato plant in this original animated video from KET. |
Pre-K-1 |
Interactive |
Gallery of Visual Illusions Are your eyes playing tricks on you? Discover more about eyesight and the brain as you test your eyes with these visual illusions adapted from the University of Washington's Neuroscience for Kids Web site.
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5-12 |
Interactive |
Gel Electrophoresis This interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center illustrates the process of gel electrophoresis, in which DNA fragments are separated by size as they migrate at different rates through a gel matrix.
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6-12 |
Interactive |
Gene CloningThis interactive activity adapted from the University of Nebraska's Library of Crop Technologies details the steps involved in producing clones of genes that can then be used to transform the characteristics of an organism. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
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