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beetle

Survival of the Fittest—Battling Beetles

To accompany the lecture series Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads.

Download the Teacher version as a PDF file or a Word document.

Download the Student version as a PDF file or a Word document.

Download the Selection Coefficient Excel workbook.


clamus

Survival of the Fittest—Variations in the Clam Species Clamys sweetus

To accompany the lecture series Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads.

Download the Teacher version as a PDF file or a Word document.

Download the Student version as a PDF file or a Word document.

Download the PowerPoint Presentation.


geneswitch

Gene Switches—a Model

To accompany the lecture series Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads.

Download the Teacher version as a PDF file or a Word document.

Download the Student version as a PDF file or a Word document.


mirror

Mirror-tracing Activity

To accompany the lecture series Making Your Mind: Molecules, Motion, and Memory.

Download the mirror tracing activity instructions (1 MB PDF file)


adherence

Drug Adherence Activity

To accompany the lecture series AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic.

Download the adherence activity instructions (1 MB PDF file)

Download Protocol 1 data sheet (0.2 MB PDF file)

Download Protocol 2 data sheet (0.2 MB PDF file)

Download Protocol 3 data sheet (0.2 MB PDF file)


planaria

Planaria Regeneration Activity

To accompany the lecture series Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration.

View a documentary on the relationship between planaria regeneration and stem cells.

11 minutes 46 seconds
Large: Play: MOV / WMV  |  Download: MOV (114 MB)/ WMV (156 MB)
Small: Play: MOV / WMV  |  Download: MOV (38 MB)/ WMV (39 MB)

Download the planaria activity sheet (0.8 MB PDF file)

Download the planaria data sheet (0.4 MB Word document)



pedigree

Pedigree Analysis Activity

To accompany the lecture series Learning from Patients: The Science of Medicine.

Download the pedigree analysis document (250 KB PDF file)

Download the pedigree analysis answer key (11 KB PDF file)


pedigree

Molecular Menagerie--A molecular modeling activity

To accompany the lecture series Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules.

Download the molecular menagerie document (808 KB PDF file)

 

DVD in the Classroom: Resources Developed by Teachers, for Teachers

To help use the Holiday Lectures on Science DVDs in the classroom, HHMI grantees and the high school teachers that they work with have created lesson plans, activities, and standards and curriculum correlations. These resources can be downloaded as pdf's by clicking on the links below.

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Resources developed for "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace" Resources developed for "The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender"
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