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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dna Technology Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will research current uses for DNA technology. Students identify a variety of ways that DNA technology can be used. Finally, the students create a DNA Technology project using technology. This lesson plan was created as a result...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Dna Technology: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five self-checking quiz questions over DNA technology. Click on hints to see information about each question.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Can Be Moved Between Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Recombinant DNA technology has made it possible to gain insight into how genes work. This concept is further developed in this article with an animated explanation, art gallery, audio/video interviews, biographies, and an interactive...
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Dna Mircoarray Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lab will enhance learning about DNA by virtually translating a gene.
Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Recombinant Dna Technology Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an indepth overview of recombinant DNA technology by going through a tutorial that consists of 11 questions and explanations.
Handout
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Dna Forensics

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise explanation of the use of DNA technologies in forensic identification from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Additional valuable resources are provided.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Inside the Dna

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct their own research to discover and understand the methods designed by engineers and used by scientists to analyze or validate the molecular structure of DNA, proteins and enzymes, as well as basic information about gel...
Website
PBS

Pbs Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a must see for any lesson or unit on biotechnology! It is a companion to the PBS video "Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home," although it can certainly be used without the video. It's a fantastic site that will challenge...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Recombinant Dna

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources. For example, it is possible to place a human gene into bacterial DNA. Recombinant DNA...
PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Dna Chip Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
A new way of testing DNA samples uses a chip. This allows scientists to examine thousands of genes instead of just one at a time.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Overview: Dna Cloning

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the definition, purpose, and basic steps of DNA cloning.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Interactive: Chronicles

For Students 9th - 10th
By looking at the history of genetic engineering, this site hopes to show where eugenics has gone wrong and where we have an opportunity to make it right.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Restriction Enzymes & Dna Ligase

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about restriction digestion, where the result has sticky ends and blunt ends. Also find out about ligation reactions.
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Fact of Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from PBS you can challenge yourself with this quiz to see if you know what is true and what is false in genetic and reproductive technology. You'll be surprised by some of the things that we are currently able to do with...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bacterial Transformation & Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the transfer of plasmid DNA into bacteria. Also find out how bacteria are selected, and how proteins are produced and purified.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)

For Students 9th - 10th
A technique used to amplify, or make many copies of, a specific target region of DNA.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Virochip Microarray Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this series of lecture videos, the creator of the Virochip technology explains how the chip detects viruses using synthetic DNA and how this technology can be useful in the medical field.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biotechnology in Agriculture Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students can watch a video, read some informational text and key vocabulary terms, and answer review questions about biotechnology in agriculture.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biotechnology and Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Informational text and video clips about biotechnology and medicine. After reading the text, review the key vocabulary terms and answer review questions.
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Curated OER

A Dna Fingerprint

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site that begins with the background and branches into the structure, function and applications of technology. This version of the page requires Java, and should open some applets that allow you to see the structures in 3-D.
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PBS

Pbs: A Science Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Website for the PBS series "A Science Odyssey." Numerous opportunities to explore the people and discoveries of science.
Handout
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Biotecnologia 2 Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
Thanks to today's technology we can cure or alleviate many illnesses. In this unit you will broaden your knowledge about biotechnology. It contains 13 interactive activities.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Cloned Canine

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the first scientists to successfully clone a dog. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Curated OER

Polynucleotide

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site that begins with the background and branches into the structure, function and applications of technology. This version of the page requires Java, and should open some applets that allow you to see the structures in 3-D.

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