Paper Model DNA 2012-2013

If you are looking for the patterns and some pictures for the paper DNA model, please look at my April 8, 2007 posts! Starting with:
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-make-paper-model-of-dna.html

http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2007/04/cut-out-pattern-for-making-paper-model_08.html

http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2007/04/cut-out-pattern-for-making-paper-model.html

They include the directions and templates for making the model.

Longevity Genes Found; Predict Chances of Reaching 100

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100701-boston-university-health-genes-live-100-longevity-genetic-science and
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100701145521.htm


Here are two other posts, which might be of interest:
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/gattaca-movie-and-designer-babies.html

http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/watching-movie-gattaca.html

How Long Will It Take To Clean Up the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico? - An Engineering Calculation

Click on each page to view the calculations.  Here is the summary, or conclusion that can be inferred from the calculations:

If the oil reservoir contains 2 billion gallons and the well leaks at a rate of 1 million gallons/day, it will take 2000 days (5.47 years) to empty the reservoir. If the rate of shoreline fouling is 100 cubic inches of tar and oil per square yard of beach per every 10 days, then it will take 26,260 days to clean the Gulf (71.9 years) if the only method of tar and oil removal is to clean the beach.  Read the details below:

Watching the Movie - GATTACA - Resources, Questions and Answer Key

Students watched the movie GATTACA (can be rented at a video store) and answered questions on a viewing guide.  There is a similar guide with questions at this web site:
http://mshartatgreenhope.googlepages.com/Week16.doc
This is part of our study of genetics.
The answer key for the viewing guide questions can be found here:

Here is another website that has questions about the movie GATTACA, and lessons about genetic engineering humans:
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/movies/gattaca.html

This is another website that has questions about GATTACA:
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/
https://www.facebook.com/teachwithmovies

My students also read an article about designer babies, and I designed a question sheet that goes with the reading: http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/gattaca-movie-and-designer-babies.html

Another post of interest: http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2010/07/longevity-genes-found-predict-chances.html

If you find any links on my blog that do not work, please let me know by leaving a comment.  I would like to keep my blog up-to-date and relevant.