Timeline Activity
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Human Genome Project - Activity 2 - Timeline Activity - Answers
Human Genome Project - Activity 2 - Timeline Activity - Answers
Directions: Handout the timeline provided. Have students pick one event on the timeline, and research it.
The timeline can be found HERE.
The best beginning point is (External Link: http://www.genome.gov), the official U.S. Government site for the Human Genome Project.
Possible Variations:
The timeline can be found HERE.
The best beginning point is (External Link: http://www.genome.gov), the official U.S. Government site for the Human Genome Project.
Possible Variations:
- Instead of handing out the timeline, have students create a timeline of their own, relating what they think are the most important events of the Human Genome Project.
- Assign students a gene from GenBank (External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/) and have them research the discovery and use of that gene.