Feature
Curriculum supplements help students explore human genetics
Attention educators! NIH's Office of Science Education has released two curriculum supplements for high school students interested in genetics and genomics: Evolution and Medicine and Human Genetic Variation. Using lessons that integrate easily into a science curriculum, students can explore the basics of human genetics and its potential to improve human health.
Explore:
Evolution in Medicine
Read:
Human Genetic Variation
Featured Educational Resource
NHGRI has launched a new version of the Spanish Talking Glossary to provide a resource to the Spanish-speaking community seeking a better understanding of genetics and genomics. New features of the glossary include an alphabetically-organized navigational tool and lists of related terms. (
more)
Highlights
NHGRI collaborates with Smithsonian to produce new genome exhibit
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence — the genetic blueprint of the human body — the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will open a high-tech, high-intensity exhibition in 2013. (
more)
Watch a video of the announcement
Learn more from National DNA Day 2012!
The 2012 National DNA Day Online Chatroom is now closed. You can still learn from all of the questions posed by students, teachers and the general public who chatted in real time with some of the top minds in the field of genomics research. (more)
Do you have the Talking Glossary App?
It's free from NHGRI, the "Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms" mobile app. Get it now at: iTunes: Talking Glossary of Genetics
Last Updated: May 21, 2012