Objectives
Learning Goals
- Synthetic biology develops tools and knowledge to build new living organisms and materials.
- The ability to modify and build using DNA is essential to synthetic biology.
- Synthetic biology benefits from many different voices.
This is a hands-on activity in which visitors learn about the fundamental component of biology and synthetic engineering: DNA. Visitors will extract visible DNA from wheat germ and create necklaces to display their own sample of wheat germ DNA.
Topics: Disease and Medicine, Information and Technology, Materials, Tools, and Applications
Audience: Ages 7 – Adult
Product Category: Short Activities
Last updated: May 20, 2016