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Multimedia Zoom Into a Human Hand

This interactive zoom, inspired by Eames "Powers of Ten," allows visitors to travel from the familiar scale of their hand down to DNA deep within a cell. This zoom is designed as a stand-alone visitor experience, or to be used...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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DNA Nanotechnology

"DNA Nanotechnology" is a facilitated, hands-on activity exploring deoxyribonucleic acid, a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature. Visitors extract a sample of DNA from split peas and put it in an Eppendorf tube to take home. They learn that nanoscientists...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Museum educator demonstrates biobarcodes hands-on activity

Biobarcodes: Antibodies and nanosensors

This cart demo is about Biobarcodes, a nanomedical technology that allows for massively parallel testing for disease diagnosis. Visitors learn about antibodies, how each antibody binds to a unique protein, and how biobarcoding uses nanoparticles, antibodies, DNA and magnetism to...
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Building with Biology

Building with Biology - recommended videos

This set of recommended videos created from different sources may be helpful to use for training videos and to provide visitors introductions to synthetic biology, gene editing, and CRISPR.

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Building with Biology - Synthetic Biology
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Building with Biology kit
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Building with Biology forum

Editing Our Evolution: Rewriting the Human Genome forum

As gene editing techniques become more refined, the possibility of editing the human genome is moving from science fiction to reality. In this forum, participants have a chance to discuss the future of human genome editing and important concerns for...

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Building with Biology - Synthetic Biology
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Building with Biology kit
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"Should We Engineer the Mosquito?" Forum

"Should We Engineer the Mosquito?" Forum

This is a Building with Biology forum in which participants have a chance to learn about a synthetic biology topic and then engage in a guided conversation and make a plan of action. In this case, the participants are both...

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Building with Biology - Synthetic Biology
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Building with Biology kit
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Building with Biology: Introduction to Synthetic Biology and Society Video

This 7-minute video was developed as part of the Building with Biology project and is designed to help create conversations in museums among scientists and public audiences about the emerging field of synthetic biology and its societal implications.
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Building with Biology - Synthetic Biology
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Building with Biology kit
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Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly (NanoDays 10)

"Exploring Fabrication - Self-Assembly" includes several full-body interactive games visitors can play to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology. Visitors learn that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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