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Science - Genetics

  • Diving into the Gene Pool Exploratorium exhibit.
    An online museum "exhibit" exploring genetics and the Human Genome Project. Created in 1995.
  • What is DNA?
    Explanation of DNA. Articles about DNA related issues. Suggested classroom projects. Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah.
  • Genetic Engineering and Cloning
    Educational resource on the topic of gene cloning. Provides a thorough explanation of the phenomenon and the procedure, a good chronology of the technology's development, games to test knowledge, and a debate outline of the ethical questions raised by the science.
  • The Gene Hunters
    Series website links to episode websites which include articles, transcript, teacher's guides, and streamed video of the episodes. PBS Scientific American Frontiers.
  • Human Genome Resources: Science Primer
    Explanations of genome mapping and related elements of the Human Genome Project. National Center for Biotedchnology Information.
  • Attack of the Anti-cloners
    Opinion piece from The Nation (June 17, 2002) about the Congressional debate over cloned embryos.
  • Human cloning Foundation
    Informative web site from the Human Cloning Foundation, a pro-cloning organization.