You students will join genetic
counselor Cathy Burson,
Ph.D., as she treats a little
boy who is one of three
children in the U.S. receiving
an experimental treatment for
Pompe disease, a rare genetic
disorder. Cathy will guide your students through the
laboratory as she finds chromosomes under a
microscope. Your students will visit a grade school
where Cathy teaches children about genetic problems
and learn about diseases that run in families and how genetic counselors
can help.
This WonderWise: Women in Science Kit includes a DVD (16 minutes)
featuring Cathy; a 44-page activities guide (see below); a CD-ROM with
Cathy’s profile, and more hands-on activities.
Your students will be able to:
- Meet Cathy and find out how she
grew up exploring the outdoors and
studying science and math. Learn
new vocabulary words as you watch
her team up with other medical
professionals to help families with
inherited diseases.
- Take a journey into the human body
and see cells, chromosomes, DNA,
RNA, amino acids, and proteins. See
a video of how an egg is fertilized by
a sperm, combining DNA.
- Use the computer mouse to focus a microscope and examine slides of
cells from the cheek, muscle, blood, brain, egg and sperm. Pop-up text
explains the function of the cell as you view it on the slide.
- Click on different parts of a boy’s and girl’s body to discover the
function of different cells.
Activities include:
- Take a genetic survey about inherited traits such as eye and hair color.
- Track different combinations of genes to create the face of a “baby".
- Build a gene model and learn how DNA copies itself.
- Read a chromosome chart and compare a baby’s chromosomes to the chart.
WonderWise: Women in Science - Pollen Detective (as part of the WonderWise Set) won the Award for the Advancement of Learning
Through Broadcasting from the National Education Association (NEA) in
the Children’s Programming Category
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Pricing - WonderWise: Women in Science Kits
 Quantity |
Price |
| Individual Kit |
$39.95 |
| Complete Series of 9 Kits |
$359.55 |
