Genetics 101: A Storyteller’s Guide to Imagining Futures with Genetics

The parallels between the Jurassic Park film and real-life scientific advancements are undeniable. The plot of Jurassic Park (1993)...

The Science and Fiction of De-Extinction and Climate Change is a webinar presented by the SIE Society and Personal...

“De-extinction” is the process of reviving or creating an animal that resembles an extinct species. The woolly mammoth is...

This lesson provides students the opportunity to explore the excitement and challenges related to the direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing...

This lesson introduces students to the recent advances in genetics, genetic testing, and genome sequencing. It presents some of...

Our ‘Introduction to Personal Genetics’ gives an overview of how genetics may become relevant to our everyday lives. We...

Advances in genetic technologies are accompanied by questions for society about if, where, and how to apply these tools....

Advances in genetic technologies are accompanied by questions for society about if, where, and how to apply these tools....

Technological developments are making it possible to read a person’s entire genetic code, or genome, more rapidly and at...

Recently developed techniques to easily modify DNA, known as “genome editing,” are bringing many new possibilities as well as...

This pgEd presentation gives an overview of the rapidly evolving field of genome editing and one of its newest...

The lesson explores the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), called the “first civil rights legislation of the 21st century”...

GINA (the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act) is a U.S. law to protect people’s genetic information at work and in...

Why might families affected by a rare genetic disorder look to genetic testing and advances in genetic research? In...

This lesson examines the many reasons a person may choose to learn about their genetic information. For some, a...

This lesson provides students with a historical overview of the American eugenics movement and highlights some of the advances...

New genetic technologies are allowing us to assess and alter our own DNA and that of other living things,...

There is an extreme shortage of organs for people who need donations and scientists are challenged with finding a...

As scientists analyze DNA from more and more people, they are developing a better understanding of human genetic variation....

As part of our Congressional briefing, “The Common Thread: What genetics tells us about ancestry, health, and personal identity,”...

This lesson uses primary source documents to explore issues of race, gender and class in the 20th century. It...