s/o biology resources

[zaichiki]

Speaking of biology resouces for the logic stage...

 

Does anyone have suggestions for resouces for a a DNA/Genetics study? We've got The Usborne Introduction to Genes and DNA and The Science of Jurassic Park. Both have been gobbled up and we're ready to go deeper.

 

Thanks!

[Chris in VA]

Have you extracted DNA from split peas yet? Fun, fun.

[FaithManor]

There are kits available (try homesciencetools.com) for extracting DNA from oinions. There is also a kit for precipitating DNA from cheek cells.

 

I don't know of any curriculums for children in the lower grades.

 

Faith

[Matryoshka]

You don't need a kit to extract DNA from anything - it's super-duper easy, and everything you need is easily available from the drug store. Last year we did both strawberries and bananas. The strawberries were more impressive.

 

This is a great video that walks you through it.

[zaichiki]

I'll make sure we look at DNA from a variety of things. Thanks for the video link!

 

We like the hands-on stuff, but ds is a big reader, too, and would be happy to have more to read on his own. We don't want workbooky-stuff.

 

I found a link to Cold Spring Harbor's DNA Lab: I had totally forgotten about them. We used to live near there and had visited a LONG time ago. If we can manage it we'll have to go back for sure! Here's the link in case anyone is interested: http://www.dnalc.org/resources/ This should give ds a lot to study.

 

What sort of curriculum resources are out there for older grades? A pp mentioned not knowing about lower grades.

 

Thanks again!