Friday, July 3, 2009

Jurassic Park

Again I love Jurassic Park. I cannot even imagine how many times I have seen it. I have shown it in class a time or two after students told me they had never seen it, but there are many pieces that are capable of being tied into a lesson, or as a hook to pull kids in.

Reptiles/Birds dinosaurs related to birds/ raptor=bird of prey @ 6m30s in.
Cloning, DNA from fossils, Mr. DNA @ 24m
Imprinting @28m
homeothermic & hormones controlling sex - deny them that - @30m
observation: animal behvior & problem solving abilities - @3m
possible ramifications of cloning extinct org- plants @ 37m
Conservation: tour of "park" @42
sick triceratops @51m (watch for language "one big pile of S**t")
change of sex in single sex environment - amphibian DNA - @1h30m
Amino Acids - lysine contengency @ 1h32m scene 13

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