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Dab of DNA Helps Keep Counterfeiters at BayFind out in this USA Today article how
DNA sequences can vouch for a souvenir's authenticity. |
9-12 |
Document |
Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, HawaiʻiIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search
for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how
long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after
a volcanic eruption. |
3-12 |
Video |
Deep Sea Vents and Life's OriginsDeep-sea vents are home to strange, luminescent life forms that thrive through chemosynthesis. This video segment from NOVA: "Volcanoes of the Deep" hypothesizes life's beginnings in this extreme environment. |
3-12 |
Video |
DNA EvidenceThis audio segment is a National Public Radio story on New York State's DNA profiling of criminals. |
9-12 |
Audio |
DNA Makes HistoryRead how DNA was used to solve the mystery of the Romanov family's execution. From Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications by Ricki Lewis. |
9-12 |
Document |
Drift Seeds And Drift Fruits: Seeds That Ride The Ocean CurrentsThis essay from Wayne's Word explores seed dispersal by water and describes some of the physical adaptations that evolution has produced in the seeds and fruits that travel this way. |
6-8 |
Document |
DuckweedThese images of duckweed (Lemna spp.) illustrate the basic anatomy and environment of these fast-growing plants. |
9-12 |
Image |
Finch Beak Data SheetThis graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in the average beak size in the next generation. |
9-12 |
Document |
Forensic DNA AnalysisThis video segment from NOVA: "The Killer's Trail" investigates the potential for DNA evidence to solve murder cases, even those from the distant past. |
9-12 |
Video |
Growing Up, Growing OldThis collection of six images captures the magnificence of human development -- the transformation from baby to woman. |
K-5 |
Image |
How DNA Evidence WorksIn this article by An Meeker-O'Connell, discover how DNA evidence is processed before it goes to court. |
9-12 |
Document |
How Genetic Disorders Are InheritedLearn how genetic disorders are passed from parents to children as explained in this excerpt from Blazing a Genetic Trail, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. |
9-12 |
Document |
Mitochondria Functions and TrainingThis essay by Owen Anderson describes the effects of physical exercise on the number and function of mitochondria inside muscle cells. |
9-12 |
Document |
The Remarkable Cocklebur: Worldwide Hitchhiker & Nature's Velcro®This essay from Wayne's Word explores the "hitchhiking" method of seed dispersal, and how a closer look at one of these bur plants gave rise to an invention. |
6-8 |
Document |
Taking the Earth's TemperatureThis video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" depicts research efforts to record Earth's past and present temperatures shifts. |
9-12 |
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 |
Whale and Human EarsWhat do whale ears look like? You might be surprised! These two versions of this diagram -- one with the anatomical parts labeled and one that students can label themselves -- compare the anatomy of a whale ear to that of a human ear. From Marine Biology: Environment, Diversity, and Ecology by David Lerman |
3-5 |
Document |
Whales in the MakingThis graphic from Evolution, traces the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic creatures we know today. |
6-12 |
Document |
