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Reinforcement Activities
These activities have been selected by master teachers as follow-up activities to reinforce the concepts learned during a visit to the Koshland Science Museum or a Virtual Field Trip.
They are designed for middle and high-school students and adhere to the National Academies' National Science Education Standards.
Activities related to:
Global Warming Facts & Our Future
Infectious Disease: Evolving Challenges to Human Health — COMING SOON
Global Warming Facts & Our Future
The Gene Scene
Students are introduced to the concept of genetics through a series of interactive activities and games. They learn basic definitions and explore various applications through which the study of DNA affects daily lives.
Level of Difficulty: Introductory
Alike But Not The Same
Students conduct an inventory of human traits and play a game that helps to highlight each individual's uniqueness. They find out that humans share many basic characteristics, but at the same time there is variation.
Level of Difficulty:
Introductory or Intermediate
Tour of the Basics
This interactive web activity introduces students to DNA, genes, chromosomes, proteins, inheritance and traits
Level of Difficulty:
Introductory or Intermediate
An Inventory of My Traits
Students take an inventory of several of their own traits and then compare them with the inventories of other groups of students.
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
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