Exploratorium Digital Library: Search Results

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	Diving into the Gene Pool This Web site of the Exploratorium's 1995 genetics exhibition describes the exhibits and programs. HTML Document: 4 kb	6-8 9-12	Patterns of Heredity, DNA Structure and Function, Human Genetics, Ethics

	Life at Cold Spring Harbor Web Site This photo-packed Web site introduces Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the genetics research center on Long Island, New York, host to meetings that draw more than 5,000 scientists each year. Marine biologists,... HTML Document: 7 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Measurement, The Scientific Process, Patterns of Heredity, Plants, Animals, DNA Structure and Function, Historical Perspectives, Human Genetics, Science and Society, Science as a Career

	Mutant Fruit Flies Online Exhibit This online exhibit contains large-scale drawings of fruit flies--normal flies, and a series of flies with various physical mutations. The exhibit introduces DNA, the concept of genetic coding, and the... HTML Document: 18 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Patterns of Heredity, Animals, DNA Structure and Function

	Making More Life This resource provides links to four pages that explore how living things reproduce. A set of timelapse videos shows how a fertilized zebrafish egg develops from a single cell into an embryo. Another... HTML Document: 13 kb	6-8 9-12	Patterns of Heredity, Cell Division, Plants, Animals, DNA Structure and Function

	Which Embryo Is Human? Online Exhibit This online exhibit presents photos of five embryos and asks "which embryo is the human embryo?" You can click on each photo to find out which is the zebra fish, the dog, the chicken, the skink, or the... HTML Document: 6 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Human Body, Animals, Evidence for Evolution, Human Genetics

	Which Embryo Is Human? Online Exhibit [in Spanish] This online exhibit presents photos of five embryos and asks "which embryo is the human embryo?" You can click on each photo to find out which is the zebra fish, the dog, the chicken, the skink, or the... HTML Document: 9 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Human Body, Animals, Evidence for Evolution, Human Genetics

	Drosophila melanogaster Polytene Chromosomes Stained chromosomes from the salivary glands of Drosophila larvae. The distinct banding patterns are characteristic of each chromosome. JPEG Image: 200 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Animals, DNA Structure and Function

	Milk Makes Me Sick "Snack" This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for exploring the basis of lactose intolerance by testing for the presence of glucose in regular milk and in milk to which the enzyme lactase has been... HTML Document: 17 kb	6-8 9-12	Acids and Bases, Digestion, Health and Nutrition, Patterns of Heredity

	Zebrafish Embryos Expressing GFP (Quicktime) These two-day-old zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos are expressing a gene for Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in cells lining their circulatory system. This causes the embryo's circulatory system to glow... QuickTime Movie: 676 kb	9-12 Postsecondary	Light and Optics, Measurement, Patterns of Heredity, Animals

	Zebrafish Embryos Expressing GFP (Windows) These two-day-old zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos are expressing a gene for Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in cells lining their circulatory system. This causes the embryo's circulatory system to glow... Windows Video: 1 Mb	9-12 Postsecondary	Light and Optics, Measurement, Patterns of Heredity, Animals

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