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HG Helix Learning Together Apart 2020 Science You Can Do At Home

- Learning Together Apart 2020
  - Start Here
    - Overview
  - COVID-19 Teaching Resources
    - Shareable Science on COVID-19
    - Beyond the Blog
    - Viral Sequence Analysis Using COVID-19
  - Cells and Cell Biology
    - iCell
    - Cell Cycle: Processes
    - Meiosis
    - Cell Cycle: Checkpoints
    - Cell Cycle: Growth Factors
    - Cell Cycle: Mutations
    - Focus on Cancer
  - Genetics 101/Variation/Disease
    - Introduction
    - Genetics 101
    - Genetic Variation
    - Complex Disease
    - Autosomal Recessive Inheritance
    - Autosomal Dominant Inheritance
    - X-Linked Inheritance
    - Focus on Diabetes
  - Sequencing, Technology, and Tools
    - Introduction
    - Progress of Science Timeline Activities
    - What is Whole Genome Sequencing?
    - What is ENCODE?
    - Big Data, Big Science, Big Impact!
    - Viral Sequence Analysis Using COVID-19
  - Biotechnology, Ecology and Agriculture
    - Introduction
    - Timeline Challenge
    - Agricultural Genomics
    - Genetics, Plant Growth and Photosynthesis
    - Shareable Science Plant Genome Sequencing
    - Pecan Research at HudsonAlpha
  - Literacy Supports for The Guidebook
    - The Guidebook
    - Biotech Basics- Guidebook Foundational Articles
    - GMO Reading Strategies
    - Word Storm
    - 10 Little Words
    - Genetics of Eye Color Reading Strategies
  - Science You Can Do At Home
    - Introduction
    - Apple Juice Enzymes
    - DNA Extraction
  - Shareable Science
    - Shareable Science for Your Students
  - Digital Resources
    - Introduction
    - iCell
    - Touching Triton
    - Timeline Challenge
    - Progress of Science Timeline
    - Biotech 201
- Foundational
  - DNA
    - Introduction - Basic Function and Location
    - Molecular Structure
  - Mendelian Inheritance Patterns and Their Characteristic Features
    - Overview
  - Introduction to Family Health History
    - Overview
    - Importance of a Family Health History
  - Utility of a Family Health History
    - Introduction
    - Family Health History in the Clinic
    - Case Scenarios
    - Limitations to Family History
- Touching Triton
  - Touching Triton Overview
    - About Touching Triton
    - Touching Triton as a Serious Game
    - Touching Triton Learning Concepts
    - Student Engagement
    - Storyline
    - Using Touching Triton in the Classroom
  - The Argos1
    - Backstory
  - The Crew
    - Charles Conrad Gray
    - Kara Anne Longfellow
    - Koray Jahan Kartal
    - Geraldine Agnes Whittaker
    - Gabriella Veliz Kerr
    - Elijah Murray Kerr
  - History of Touching Triton
    - The Making of Touching Triton
  - Technology
    - FAQs
  - Classroom Setup
    - Creating a Class
    - Creating a Mission
  - Classroom Implementation
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  - Assessment
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Science You Can Do At Home

Introduction

Sometimes, it does not take a laboratory to do scientific investigation. Below you will find everything you need to successfully guide hands-on, minds-on learning using everyday items like plastic cups, fruit, and common household products. Whether you do this in a group through video conferencing or individually at home, these activities get both the brain and the hands engaged in learning.

Apple Juice Enzymes

Commercial apple juice production often utilizes enzymes to extract juice from pulped apples. This video includes a lab demonstration exploring the effectiveness of different enzymes on juice production. Using materials you may have in your kitchen, young scientists can experiment to determine the most effective enzymes to maximize apple juice production.

Teacher Tip:

Supports AL Grade 7 Life Science COS 3. Construct an explanation of the function (e.g., mitochondria releasing energy during cellular respiration) of specific cell structures (i.e., nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, ribosomes, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles) for maintaining a stable environment.

DNA Extraction

Using materials found in your kitchen, this simple procedure allows young scientists to extract DNA from a variety of fruits and vegetables. The accompanying video walks through the steps to extract DNA from a strawberry. Want to dig deeper? Exploring DNA Extraction expands on the basic extraction to test how other common household materials and the enzymes they contain may impact the DNA extraction process.

Teacher Tip:

Supports AL Grade 7 Life Science COS 3. Construct an explanation of the function (e.g., mitochondria releasing energy during cellular respiration) of specific cell structures (i.e., nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, ribosomes, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles) for maintaining a stable environment. Supports AL Biology COS Standard 1. Use models to compare and contrast how the structural characteristics of carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids define their function in organisms.

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