Mon, Dec 10, 2012 9:04 PM in Citizen Science
http://scistarter.com/ is an amazing resource - they compile citizen science projects by area, topics, state - whether it can be done at home, at school, etc.
When teaching about genetics, I often use the example of dad and physician Hugh Rienhoff who aimed to sequence part of his daughter's genome in the attic with a PCR machine he got on ebay.
http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazi...
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Mon, Dec 10, 2012 8:32 PM in Using Novels in Accelerated Biology?
I have just discovered a great bioethics/neuroethics fiction series by Mary E Pearson - The Adoration of Jenna Fox, and the second one is The Fox Chronicles. Would fit with anything to do with genetics, genetic engineering, the nervous system. They are well reviewed, and rated for grade 9/age 14 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Mary-E.-Pearson/e/B001H6OGC4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
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