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Building with Biology: See DNA

In this activity focused on synthetic biology, learners extract visible DNA from wheat germ and create necklaces to display their own sample of wheat germ DNA.

DESCRIPTION

This is a hands-on activity in which visitors learn about the fundamental component of biology and synthetic engineering: DNA. In the activity, visitors will extract visible DNA from wheat germ, and create necklaces to display their own sample of wheat germ DNA.

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  • learners and facilitator extract sample with pipette
  • Building with Biology See DNA activity components
  • Reference sheet detailing Genes and DNA molecules

DESCRIPTION

This is a hands-on activity in which visitors learn about the fundamental component of biology and synthetic engineering: DNA. In the activity, visitors will extract visible DNA from wheat germ, and create necklaces to display their own sample of wheat germ DNA.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Synthetic biology builds biological systems. Synthetic biology is interconnected with society.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Synthetic biology develops tools and knowledge to build new living organisms and materials.

  • The ability to modify and build using DNA is essential to synthetic biology.

  • Synthetic biology benefits from many different voices.

Credits

YEAR CREATED
2016
OWNING INSTITUTION

Museum of Science

FUNDING

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DRL 1421179.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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