Resources by INTECH Science Centre
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
Baby bonanza
This is a hand-on activity to explore the inheritance of cystic fibrosis, using counters to represent normal and faulty CFTR genes. Curriculum links include:
- Punnet squares & autosomal recessive diseases
- Autosomal...
The resources in this collection cover teaching about cells for students aged 11-16. They were produced to enrich a visit to the Intech Science Centre, but can be used independently of a visit.
Cell! Cell! Cell! is the story of the trillions of cells that form our bodies, from our beginnings as a...
Cheeky cells
In this activity, students look at cheek cells under a microscope to identify basic cell structures. It allows students to practice their microscope skills, making a slide, staining a sample and making observations.
Crack the codon
In this activity students transcribe the DNA into...
Cut out cells
In this activity, students draw and cut out scaled pictures of different cell types, comparing these to the size of a salt crystal.
DNA jigsaw
In this activity, students have some sections of DNA code and need to work out what the coloured bases are to identify animals. Curriculum links include:
- DNA base pairing
- DNA variation between species
Modelling the helix
This resources provides a template for creating a model of the DNA double helix. The class should collaborate on one model. Each student should make just...