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Extract
and see DNA right at home!!!!
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DNA and Endangered Species - students will learn some basics
about DNA and genetics and will then learn how DNA can be
used to study and help endangered animals. They will visit a Web
site with information about specific research projects, and
write paragraphs explaining how DNA and genetics research might
be used to help an endangered or threatened species. National
Geographic
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Secrets of the Dead - Students learn the
story of the 1918 influenza pandemic and about the use of
electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting to identify an unknown,
using UPC barcodes to represent the DNA banding patterns. Lesson
from PBS for middle school and high school students.
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National
DNA Day was created to commemorate the completion of the Human Genome Project in
April 2003, and the discovery of DNA's double helix. James Watson and Francis
Crick first discovered the double helix of DNA in 1953. To learn more about
this discover visit the
The Francis Crick Papers at the National Library of Medicine. To
investigate the Human Genome Project go to
Human
Genome Project Information site hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The site includes
Education Resources.