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Gene Switches
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore how genetic switches function and the role of genetic switches in the process of evolution. To make these concepts less abstract and more understandable, learners...
How Do Viruses Recognize a Target Cell?
University of UtahAdd to list DetailsThis activity demonstrates the specificity of viral vectors for target cells in gene therapy delivery methods using two approaches: 1) STYROFOAM® models demonstrate viral ligand binding to receptor...
Candy Chemosynthesis
NOAAAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition. Learners use candy to represent elements involved in the chemical...
The Great Plankton Race
Centers for Ocean Sciences Education ExcellenceAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone. They are given pictures of planktonic organisms and simple...
Life Size: What's in a microbe?
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease. Learners work in groups and use...
Human Impact on Estuaries: A Terrible Spill in Grand Bay
NOAAAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners make a model of a pollution spill that occurred at Bangs Lake in Mississippi and measure water quality parameters in their model. Learners then study the actual spill,...
Reading DNA
University of UtahAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners use edible models of the DNA molecule to transcribe an mRNA sequence, and then translate it into a protein. This activity requires learners to have already constructed...
DNA and Histone Model
University of UtahAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners construct a 3-D paper model depicting how histone, acetyl and methyl molecules control access to DNA and affect gene DNA expression. This resource guide includes optional...
Modeling an HIV Particle
BioEdAdd to list DetailsThis activity helps learners visualize the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by constructing three-dimensional HIV particle models from paper. The model to be used is a 20-sided polyhedron ...
Born of Blood: Craft Stick Chromosomes
University of Texas Health Science CenterAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners work in groups to match craft sticks that represent chromosomes. Learners must define critical attributes of their chromosomes as they look for matching chromosomes. When...