Jurassic Park - A Possible Reality?(Student Page)

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Jurassic Park; A possible Reality?

TEST GRADE

The book Jurassic Park and the three movies that followed its publication raise the prospect that through the manipulation of DNA, millions of years-old dinosaurs can be resurrected from the dead.

Questions to be answered on a separate sheet of paper DUE Monday May 5th:

1. As a new century begins, is this science fiction book one that is prophesizing a future possibility or is it just a creative representation of an author's imagination?

2. What biological materials are required to recreate extinct species?

3. What techniques are required to recreate extinct species?

4. How old can DNA be and still be viable to manipulation through the tools of biotechnology?

5. Are there other extinct creatures that could be brought back to life through biotechnology?

6. What role can ancient DNA play in understanding life on earth?

7. Does the DNA of living species give clues to what life was like in the past?

Use the websites listed below as resources that will enable you to answer the questions above. Use information from your research to write elaborate and supported answers to the questions above. We will discuss your answers in class.

1. Amber, DNA, and Jurassic Park 2. Beyond Jurassic Park: Real Science with Ancient DNA

3. Jurassic Park - Science of the Lost World

4. The Gene School

5. The Search for DNA in Amber

6. GlobalTechnoScan

7. SDNHM: The Science of Jurassic Park FAQs

8. Gene School '99

9. New Scientist | Back from the dead

10. Jurassic Park Plants

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11. New Scientist | Dinosaur DNA fails new test of time

12. Jurassic Park Tutorial

Essay/Class Discussion-DUE Monday May 5th

Once you have finished the research, you are to use the rubric on the back of this page and write a paper using the following prompt:

Jurassic Park the movie depicts many science concepts. Centering your response on the genetic and biotechnological concepts presented in the movie, what did the movie get right and what misconceptions about genetics and biotechnology did the movie present?