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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
American Chestnut Tree This 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	HTML Interactive
Blood Vessels Help Tumors Grow In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, Dr. Judah Folkman uses the scientific method to discover how cancer cells induce the formation of new blood vessels, which in turn nourish those cancer cells.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Common Genetic Code Paul Nurse describes his research that showed that humans share some genes with organisms as different from us as simple brewer's yeast. Footage from Secret of Life: "Immortal Thread."	9-12	QuickTime Video
The Discovery of Penicillin This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of British researcher Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin.	6-12	QuickTime Video
DNA Databases This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" investigates the promises and concerns surrounding the use of DNA databases.	9-12	QuickTime Video
DNA Detective In this video from QUEST, learn about the issues of ethics and responsibility that are associated with genetic testing.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Ethical Issues in the Human Genome Project Students work in teams to analyze a case study that raises arguments for and against patenting genetic code. They explore the implications of DNA databases, genetic screening and gene modification.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Finding Cures Is Hard This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explains the difficulty of curing genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis.	9-12	QuickTime Video
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.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Genetic Art Take a peek at the artistic side of science in this virtual exhibit, featuring work by Eva Sutton, Alexis Rockman and Sidney Harris.	9-12	PDF Document
Genetics Case Studies Wrestle with ethical issues concerning genetic rights and practices from the NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site.	9-12	HTML Document
Genetic Therapy and Breast Tumors This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "On the Brink: Portraits of Modern Science" explores the genetics of breast cancer.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Genome Facts This list from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site provides some of the basic, yet impressive, facts and figures about the Human Genome Project.	9-12	HTML Document
The Human Genome Project Students learn about the Human Genome Project: the process, the functions of sections of DNA code, how knowledge of the human genome is being applied to medicine, and about genetic variation.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Model Organisms This interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center shows the different types of model organisms used in research and why each might be selected when performing an experiment.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Pellagra In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about pellagra, a mysterious and deadly disease that affected the American South in the early 20^th century, and how a scientist experimented to find a cure.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Process of Scientific Experimentation Students expand their understanding of the "scientific method" of experimentation by watching video accounts of actual scientific research and exploring the factors involved in real scientific processes.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Producing Penicillin In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, follow two scientists and their Nobel Prize-winning efforts to cure bacterial infections using penicillin.	5-12	QuickTime Video
Restoration of the American Chestnut This video segment from Kentucky Life describes how scientists control pollination of one of the few remaining American chestnut trees to develop blight resistant trees.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Sequencing Race Begins 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.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Sex and the Single Guppy Play in our streams and see how exhibitionism has an evolutionary payoff in this Evolution simulation of Endler's experiment.	6-12	Shockwave Interactive
Stem Cells Breakthrough In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow the scientific process that led to a revolutionary method for creating stem cells without the use of human embryos.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Teaching Evolution Case Studies: Marilyn Havlik Marilyn Havlik leads students through a simulation of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle to develop their understanding of population genetics.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Tiktaalik: Evolution of a "Fishapod" In this media-rich lesson, students learn about transitional fossils and explore the similarities and differences between the structures of different animals. They focus particularly on Tiktaalik, a transitional fossil between aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates.	9-12	Lesson Plan
What Is a Theory? In these two audio interviews from NOVA Online, learn about the difference between the common understanding of the word "theory" and how science uses the term.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Who Owns the Genome? This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" examines the social and ethical implications of genome research.	9-12	QuickTime Video