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Personal DNA TestingIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, take a behind-the-scenes look at the process of personal DNA testing, and hear more about the innovative Personal Genome Project. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Picking a Colony From a PlateThis video produced by WGBH illustrates how to prepare an overnight culture of transformed E. coli cells. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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PlatingThis video produced by WGBH details the steps to plate transformed bacterial cells on an agar plate. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Polar Bears and Climate ChangeIn this video from the World Wildlife Fund, learn how rising temperatures in the southern Arctic could lead to polar bear extinction. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Possible Causes of Malformed FrogsIn this video from DragonflyTV, Katie and Susie investigate whether malformations in frogs in a nearby pond are being caused by ultraviolet light from the Sun, chemical pollutants, or parasites. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-8 |
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Pouring an Agarose GelThis video produced by WGBH demonstrates the step-by-step process of pouring an agarose gel into a casting tray. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Preimplantation Genetic DiagnosisThis video segment from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby" describes a technique used to determine the health of a developing embryo. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Preparing a ColumnThis video produced by WGBH shows a properly prepared column and demonstrates how to apply and run a solution. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Primitive Insects of the Congaree SwampIn this video segment from NatureScene, observe dragonflies and mayflies near Cedar Creek at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Producing PenicillinIn this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, follow two scientists and their Nobel Prize-winning efforts to cure bacterial infections using penicillin. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Protein PurificationThis animation produced by WGBH and Digizyme, Inc. demonstrates how a protein of interest is isolated from other contents in a transformed bacterial cell—a process called purification—using a lab technique called hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Protein Purification Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World ResearchThis video produced by WGBH features students in the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program purifying a protein, and also examines the motivations people have for choosing a career in science. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Recombinant DNA Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World ResearchThis video produced by WGBH features students in the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program inserting a recombinant DNA molecule into bacterial cells, and illustrates how industry and academic scientists use the exact same techniques. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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The Red QueenAn example of the Red Queen hypothesis, the sexual population of Mexican Poeciliid fish are able to keep up with a changing environment, while the asexual populations are not as successful. From Evolution: "Why Sex?" Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Redwoods at Redwood National ParkThis video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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The Reproductive Role of FlowersIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about the critical role of flowers in seed plant reproductive biology. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Reptiles of the Congaree SwampIn this video segment from NatureScene, discover some reptiles in the swamp forest ecosystem at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Restoration of the American ChestnutThis KET video segment from Kentucky Life describes how scientists control pollination of one of the few remaining American chestnut trees to develop blight resistant trees. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Reverse Evolution MachineIn this video adapted from KQED's QUEST, learn how scientist David Haussler is using biotechnology to reconstruct ancient genomes in an effort to find out how animals have evolved over time. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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RNAi Discovered In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how RNAi, a mechanism that has evolved in cells to prevent viral infection, was discovered and how it works.
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9-12 |
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