Frozen in Time (Science World)
Meet an AMNH scientist who manages one of the world's largest frozen tissue collections. Then take a peek inside her cryovats, where animals on the brink of extinction remain frozen in time.
Frozen in Time (Science World)
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More About This Resource...
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This online article is from the Museum'sScience Explorations, a collaboration between AMNH and Scholastic designed to promote science literacy. Written for students in grades 6-10, this article fromScience Worldmagazine has the following content.
- An interview with AMNH scientist Julie Feinstein, in which she discusses her work as the collection manager of one of the world's largest frozen tissue collections.
- An overview of how scientists are analyzing animal DNA and what they hope to accomplish by obtaining this genetic information.
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Completion Time
Less than 1 period
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Teacher Tip
Supplement a study of biology with an activity drawn from this onlineScience Explorationsarticle.
- Send students to this online article, or print copies of it for them to read.
- As a class, discuss the various reasons scientists would want to preserve tissue samples from all over the globe.
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Topic
Biology -
Subtopic
Tools and Methods
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