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Scientists are now spending a lot of time studying genes and DNA because that will help us learn more about ourselves and help us stay healthy. The NIH Human Genome Project ![]() But our genes are not the only thing that determines whether we will be healthy or sick. Our environment and how it reacts with our genes is also very important. So the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has started an Environmental Genome Project to help us understand which genes are more likely to be affected by our environment. And those studies will help us understand why some people get sick from exposures (like cigarette smoke), but others do not.
Gene, DNA, and Cloning Resources(Note -- links designated with a![]() Making it in a Tough Environment -- You and Your Genes -- in story book form, for the younger students and elementary classrooms. The National Human Genome Institute Educational Resources ![]() DNA from the Beginning (An Animated Primer) ![]() Creating a Cloned Sheep Named Dolly ![]() NIEHS Environmental Genome Project The National Human Genome Research Institute ![]() |
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NASA invites you to send your name into space!
Web Weather for Kids Contest
Middle schoolers from around the USA are being invited to join Boulder,Colo., students in going head to head against a Denver television meteorologist in an on-line weather forecasting contest. The contest is open to anyone born between 1986 and 1991. Mike Nelson, an on-air meteorologist at KUSA-TV in Denver will join middle schoolers in predicting the weather each day between February 8 and 11.
Each participant will predict highs and lows and give a thumbs up or down for precipitation the following day at Denver International Airport, using data available on the Web site. Scoring is based on how close each participant comes to forecasting Denvers high and low temperature each day of the four days, and whether rain or snow does or does not fall.
Frogwatch USA
You can participate. US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division) has launched Frogwatch USA, a new volunteer-driven frog and toad monitoring program, and they need your help to inform the public about it.
We are just starting this collection and would like to include input from a variety of cultures focusing on our world and our health. So please let us know of any quotes you would like to suggest relating to nature and health.
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