Tag: Biology/Life Science

Cells Alive

This activity allows students to explore cells in a new way. The set of protists used in this activity offer a wide range of motilities,

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Experimental Models

In this activity, students select a model organism and brainstorm possible strengths and limitations of using this model in scientific experiments.

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Intro to Bacterial Biosensors

This lesson offers students an introduction into biosensors, which is a sensor that uses a living organism or biological components to detect the presence of

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Physarum

This activity is designed as an open-ended exploration into physarum preferences by observing its chemotaxis. Students first observe that physarum will move towards oats,and then

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Physarum Experiment 2

This activity builds on the first physarum chemotaxis experiment. This iteration of experimentsis a process that scientists and cellular engineers engage in regularly. Using computational

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Virtual Physarum Chemotaxis

This activity is designed as a virtual experiment into physarum preferences by observing its chemotaxis. The lesson starts with a simple demo, where student predict

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DNA structure and replication

Students assemble a DNA molecule, using magnetic pieces representing sugar,phosphate and the nitrogenous bases on magnetic whiteboards. Students thenmodel the process of semi-conservative DNA replication

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