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Lean, Mean Information Machine: Using a Simple Model to Learn about Chromosomal DNA
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  Learners observe a model of a cell and its chromosomal DNA made from a plastic egg and dental floss. Use this model to illustrate how much DNA is held in one cell.
   
Modeling Mendel's Pea Experiment
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  This modeling activity allows learners to discover for themselves what Mendel uncovered in his famous pea experiments.
   
DNA Nanotechnology
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  In this activity, learners explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature.
   
Gene Switches
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  In this activity, learners explore how genetic switches function and the role of genetic switches in the process of evolution.
   
Exploring Structures: DNA
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  In this activity, learners create a necklace of wheat germ DNA. Learners add alcohol to wheat germ so that the DNA clumps together.
   
Macromodel of Microarray
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  This is an educator-led demonstration of microarray technology using a model created from a pizza box and ping-pong balls.
   
Effect of Environment on Plant Growth
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  The purpose of this plant biotechnology activity is to demonstrate the effect of changes in the environment on the growth and fertility of landscape grasses and crop grasses such as wheat and rice.
   
Plant Tissue Culture: Classroom Activities in Plant Biotechnology
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  In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners use the tissue culture process to rapidly produce clones (genetic copies) of a particular plant (cauliflower, rose cuttings, African violet le
   
DNA the Easy Way
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  This demonstration can be used to help learners visualize DNA by lysing (breaking open) bacterial cells on a slide and “stringing up” the DNA with a toothpick in less than one minute.
   
Transformation of E. coli Using Green Fluorescent Protein
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  In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners transform a strain of E. coli using green fluorescent protein from a bioluminescent jellies.
   
Homologous Shoes?
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  This "concept demonstration" provides learners with a concrete example (a pair of shoes in a classroom "cell") of what homology means.
  