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Natural antibiotics
In this activity you will test a range of natural products to find out how effectively they do kill bacteria. You will need to be familiar with the microbiological techniques to be used.

   
Adobe PDF Extracting DNA in your kitchen
Isolating, or extracting, DNA can be done in about half an hour in your kitchen, but it took many years to learn how to do it the first time.
   
Adobe PDF DNA line dancing
In this activity you will assume the role of a base in the DNA chain and together with the rest of the class you will model the process of DNA replication.
   
Adobe PDF When a gene code is altered - research
In this research task you will investigate a human genetic disorder.
   
Adobe PDF DNA sequencing
This activity introduces to you the process of identifying sequences of DNA.
   
Adobe PDF Plant tissue culture in the classroom
In this activity you will produce clones (exact genetic copies) of a plant (cauliflower, rose, African violet or carnation) by tissue culture.
   
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What or who would you clone?
IIn this activity you will consider issues - ethical, economic and social - involved in supporting cloning or opposing it in a variety of contexts and decide what your views are.

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