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Read the Fine Print

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Student teams learn about engineering design of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) and the use of GFPs in medical research, including stem cell research. The use of GFPs is simulated by adding fluorescent dye to water and allowing a flower or plant to transport the dye throughout its structure. Students apply their knowledge of GFPs to engineering applications in the medical, environmental and space exploration fields. Due to the fluorescing nature of the dye, plant life of any color, light or dark, can be used unlike dyes that can only be seen in visible light.
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- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
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- Primary, Secondary
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Plants and Forests
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TeachEngineering
Remix and Share

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SPARK visits with contemporary quilt artist Anna Von Mertens, who shows how she makes her work from first concepts to the last stitch. This Educator Guide traces the history of quilting from the early 18th century through the present day, including group quilts, slave quilts, and contemporary quilts.
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- Arts, Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
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KQED Education Network
Read the Fine Print

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Students use dyes to explore serial dilution, an important technique in physical science and engineering. Students systematically dilute solutions of food coloring with pure water. They observe how the color intensity, or saturation, of each subsequent solution changes. They also keep a running calculation of the concentration of drops per ml water. They apply what they learn to discussions of biomedical engineers working with cells.
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- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
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TeachEngineering
Read the Fine Print

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Students explore serial dilution, an important technique in physical science and engineering. They use a fluorescent compound as the dye to track through a series of dilution steps. They observe how the changing color intensity, or saturation, of each subsequent solution. They also keep a running calculation of the concentration dye in each serial dilution. Finally, using a UV lamp, they investigate whether the fluorescent dye can be detected after it disappears from view under normal lighting conditions.
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- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
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- Primary, Secondary
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TeachEngineering
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