Genetics & DNA Lab

• Ages 10+
• 20 Experiments
• 40 Pieces
• 48 Page Manual

Head into the lab for an in-depth investigation of genetics, the branch of biology focused on heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA, the acid that holds the blueprints for life.

• See genetic material with your own eyes as you isolate the DNA from a tomato in a test tube.
• Investigate inheritance and learn how traits are passed down from parents to children.
• Learn about dominant and recessive genes and play inheritance games to determine how traits will be expressed.
• Learn about the biology of reproduction, the components of cells, and how chromosomes are combined and copied.
• Assemble a model to see the elegant double-stranded helical structure of DNA, then crack the genetic code and find out how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit together.
• Analyze DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime.
• Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with survival of the fittest.
• Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists clone plants and animals in the full-color, 48-page manual.