Lesson: Genetics and Health Science

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In this lesson, we will learn how to describe examples of genetic technologies that have improved human health, including the production of golden rice and the Human Genome Project.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recall that a gene is a section of DNA that contains the information needed to produce a characteristic,
state some problems associated with vitamin A deficiencies,
describe how vitamin A deficiencies have been combated by the production of golden rice,
state the aims and the outcomes of the Human Genome Project.