Create your own mini research lab to learn about genetics, the branch of biology that focuses on heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA, the molecule that contains the blueprints of life. See genetic material with your own eyes by isolating DNA from a tomato in a test tube. Study heredity and learn how traits are passed from parents to children. Discover dominant and recessive genes and play heredity 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 better understand the double-stranded helical structure of DNA. Then decipher the genetic code and discover how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit together. Analyze DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime. Create your own colony of bacteria to experiment with the law of the jungle. Discover how mutations affect genes and how scientists clone plants and animals.
Recommended for ages 10 and up

40 pieces
48-page color booklet
Made in Germany