Genetically Modified Organisms
Presentations
Templates / General information
Unit and Lesson Plans
Readings & Protocols
- GM Foods Pictorial Protocol
- GM Foods Protocol: Gel Electrophoresis
- Detecting GM Foods by PCR - DNA Learning Center
- Recipes for Reagents and Stock Solutions - DNA Learning Center
- Genetically Modified Foods & Teaching Critical Thinking
- Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?
- Your World Biotechnology and You - Genetically Modified Food Crops
- Your World Biotechnology and You: Genetically Modified Food Crops Teacher Guide
- Your World Biotechnology and You: Planting for the Future
- Your World Biotechnology and You: Planting for the Future Teacher Guide
- The Precautionary Principle in Science - Five Key Elements
- New Science article on Chinas GM foods program
- Foods from GM Crops
Internet Resources
- DNA Learning Center Greenomes Website
- PBS Harvest of Fear
- GM salmon video from Harvest of Fear
- Bioinformatics - Determine size of PCR product
Worksheets and Assessments
- Student Worksheets
- Restriction Analysis Paper Activity
- Final Assessment Persuasive Essay
- Oral presentation rubric
- Teacher-developed GM foods assessment
- Lab Report - Instructions for Students
- Lab Report - Rubric
- GM Foods Student Worksheet - Material and Methods: complement to pictorial protocol