Week+1+-+What+is+Biotechnology?+What+is+DNA?

What is a Living Thing?
Discussion http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/sciber00/7th/classify/living/2.htm Order of Magnitude - Organism to Organ to Tissue to Cell to Nucleus to Chromosomes to Genes to DNA to Molecules to Atoms - [|zoom animation]

What is in Cells?
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What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology Online Definition - http://www.biotechnology.gov.au/assets/documents/bainternet/BA_aboutbiotech20050323165116.pdf Google Define: Biotechnology http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPB_enAU246AU246&q=define%3a+biotechnology media type="custom" key="681487"

Brainstorm and Concept Map - What is Biotechnology? Worksheet #1 Review of Definitions of Biotechnology Definitions from Du Pont; UNESCO; CSIRO and Biotech Aust

What is Biotechnology - Prompt Cards - Biotechnology Timeline Group Activity with Laminated Cards (use Huxley and Walter Text to help p665-667) Old Biotechnology Experiment - http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/pdf/biotech/using_biotechnology_to_make_yoghurt.pdf

What is DNA?
DNA Structure Animation Packaging the DNA - [] Learning Object - Matching Base Pairs - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/builddna/ media type="custom" key="681589" DNA Extraction Experiment Onions - [] Split Peas - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/extraction/ Wheatgerm (produces lots of DNA) - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/wheatgerm/ Virtual Lab DNA Extraction - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/biotech/extraction/

DNA Replication - Copying itself Biotech Online Video - [] Get Active Analogy - http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/pdf/biotech/dna_line_dancing.pdf media type="custom" key="681591" DNA Transcription - DNA to mRNA Biotech Online Video - [] Learning Object - [] media type="custom" key="681601" DNA Translation - mRNA to Proteins Biotech Online Video - [] Learning Object - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP1302 Learning Object - [] Learning Object on Protein Synthesis - [] Learning Object on Transcription and Translation using codons (excellent) - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe/ media type="custom" key="681605"