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Genes Can Be Turned On and Off

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Regulations exist in many places from business to schools, but what about in our genes? Learn about gene regulation with an online interactive. It uses an animation to introduce the topic, many photographs of the scientists best known for the research, videos discussing the applications, and more.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
  • Discuss the implications of being able to control genes
  • Assign a free writing response on which gene scholars would most like to have control over and why
Classroom Considerations
  • Assumes prior knowledge of DNA, genes, and proteins
Pros
  • Includes biographies of the first two scientists who made the discovery
  • Offers an applied problem to solve using the knowledge from the previous parts of the interactive
Cons
  • None