Pair this handout with the immortal cells lesson plan. This optional activity teaches students about different scenarios in which stem cells are used in health care, as well as related vocabulary words.
Human genetics influence a big part of who we are, what we look like and how we act. But they’re not the whole story. Epigenetic modifications are changes that can modify how your DNA is expressed while maintaining the actual sequence of nucleotides.
Scientists need to be able to measure matter with different tools. Density is used to measure all forms of matter. With an understanding of density, students will have another tool to describe matter in their toolbelt.