Regulations exist in many places from business to schools, but what about in our genes? Learn about gene regulation with an online interactive. It uses an animation to introduce the topic, many photographs of the scientists best known for the research, videos discussing the applications, and more.

Concepts

genes, gene expression, protein, bacteria

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss the implications of being able to control genes
• Assign a free writing response on which gene scholars would most like to have control over and why

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes prior knowledge of DNA, genes, and proteins

Pros

• Includes biographies of the first two scientists who made the discovery
• Offers an applied problem to solve using the knowledge from the previous parts of the interactive

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4