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- CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer
- In these lesson plans, students will act as CSI agents investigating the mysterious pathogen that caused the massive potato crop failure and resultant Great Famine of 1845 in Ireland.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Identifying a potato killer via
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 4
- In this lesson, students use DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction, and gel electrophoresis techniques to identify positive and negative leaf samples for the presence of the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Low-tech PCR
- In Restoring the American chestnut, page 7
- This simulation and manual PCR demonstration is designed for classrooms without a thermocycler and those that do not have enough time to do a full manual PCR. It is designed to give students the concepts and vocabulary as well as give them a visual representation of the process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Shelley Casey.
- Restoring the American chestnut
- A blight devastated American chestnut trees in the early 1900s. In this unit students will study how biotechnology is being used to develop a blight-resistant tree. They will engage in hands-on activities to apply their knowledge of DNA and genetics to simulate the steps needed to find the genes for resistance and insert them into an American chestnut tree. Lessons are designed to be used for any level of biology and do not require high-tech equipment.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
