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Science Concept	Activity	Student Guide (Word)	Student Guide (pdf)	Student Guide (html)	Teacher Guide (Word)	Teacher Guide (pdf)	Teacher Guide (html)
What is DNA?	Kiwi DNA Extraction
	Onion DNA Extraction
Tools for Examining DNA	Agarose Gel Electrophoresis with Biological Dyes
	Agarose Gel Electrophoresis with Food Colors
	What Happens During Electrophoresis
Examining Genetic Differences	DNA Fingerprinting
	-Bubble Gum Mystery Middle school DNA fingerprint simulation
	- Whale Pod DNA
	- Cat Food Caper Middle school DNA fingerprint simulation
	- Cat Food Caper II
	- Todd Family Mystery DNA Analysis
	- Crime DNA analysis
	- Huntington's Disease Detection		Clinical Evalution
Identifying Genetic Mutations	Drosophila Eye Pigment Chromatography
	Restriction Enzyme Analysis of lambda DNA
	PCR
Products of DNA	Protein Presence
	Drosophila Eye Pigment Chromatography
	Protein Electrophoresis (Fingerprinting)
	Protein Evolution						see teacher guide for protein electrophoresis
Disease Detection and Prevention	Disease Detection Using the ELISA assay
Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology	PREP Handbook
Genetic Engineering	Bacterial Transformation with a Glow-In-The-Dark Gene
	PCR of Bt gene in transgenic and non-transgenic cotton
Gene regulation	Bacterial Transformation with an Inducible promoter regulating pGLO
	PCR of pGLO gene in transformed bacteria
	Microarray analysis of Arabidosps heat stressed versus not stress
	Diagnosis of Cancer with Microarray		Roots of Cancer   Hallmarks Cancer			Roots of Cancer   Hallmarks Cancer