Resources for Students and Teachers
https://www.dnacenter.com/science-technology/dna-education/family-portraits.html This site provides additional content information about DNA, and it also has interactive lessons for use in primary classrooms.
www.livescience.com/37252-dna-science-experiment.html A step-by-step experiment to extract DNA from the lining of your cheek.
www.genome.gov/Pages/Education/Modules/StrawberryExtractionInstructions.pdf This handout can be used for a guided science experiment.
Balkwill, Frances R., and Mic Rolph. Cells Are Us. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1993. Cartoon images detail the functions of cells.
Packard, Edward, and Sal Murdocca. Big Numbers: And Pictures That Show Just How Big They Are! Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2000.
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw, and Diane Palmisciano. Grandfather’s Nose: Why We Look Alike or Different. New York: F. Watts, 1989.
Schwartz, David M., and Steven Kellogg. How Much Is a Million? New York: Scholastic, 1985.
Wallace, Holly. Cells and Systems. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2001. Explains how living things are made up of cells. It also explains the specialized roles of cells.
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