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Let's Clone a Mouse, Mouse, Mouse...
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Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is a cloning method that involves transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell of the individual to be cloned to an enucleated egg.

DNA Extraction: Look at your genes!
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Extract your DNA from your very own cells! First, learners swish salt water in their mouth to collect cheek cells and spit the water into a glass.

An Inventory of My Traits
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In this genetics meets math activity, learners take inventories of their own easily-observable genetic traits and compare those inventories with other learners in groups.

Close, Closer, Closest
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In this activity, learners perform an experiment that models a chromatography-like process called electrophoresis, a process used to analyze DNA.

Multifactorial Inheritance
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In this biology activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners roll a die to create a simple model that teaches them about the factors contributing to heart disease.

Risk Continuum
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This activity is a whole-group kinesthetic demonstration that shows learners what it means to be in a "risk group" for developing heart disease based on family history and genetics.

Handy Family Tree
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In this bilingual (English/Spanish) activity, learners create family trees by tracing the hands of their family members.

Yabba-Dabba You
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In this activity, learners explore genes and traits. Learners investigate their fingerprints and learn how to categorize them.

Wear a Chimp on Your Wrist
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Learners construct a bracelet containing two strands of beads, which represents a double strand of DNA that codes for a gene. They match beads to the bases in a section of a chimp's DNA code.

Microarrays and Stem Cells
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In this activity, learners use microarray technology to determine which genes are turned on and off at various points in the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells on their way to becoming pancreat

What's the Risk?
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To discover the risk and protective factors involved in substance addiction, learners play a game of chance to determine whether a fictitious child is likely or unlikely to abuse drugs.

Making Babies
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This activity is designed to introduce learners to genes, genotypes and simple inheritance patterns.

Family Traits and Traditions
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In this activity, learners play a matching game with their families to discover common inherited traits and traditions. Learners distinguish between inherited traits and learned traditions.