Thames & Kosmos Genetics & DNA

Head into the lab for an in-depth investigation of genetics, the branch of biology focused on heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA - the acid that holds the blueprints for life.

With the Thames & Kosmos Genetics & DNA kit, you will:

• See genetic material with your own eyes as you isolate the DNA from a tomato in a test tube
• Investigate inheritance and learn how traits are passed down from parents to children
• Learn about dominant and recessive genes and play inheritance games to determine how traits will be expressed
• Learn about the biology of reproduction, the components of cells, and how chromosomes are combined and copied
• Assemble a model to see the elegant double-stranded helical structure of DNA, and then crack the genetic code and find out how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit together
• Analyze DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime
• Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with survival of the fittest
• Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists clone plants and animals

Conduct 20 different experiments with the full-color, 48-page manual in this Thames & Kosmos Genetics & DNA kit. Intended for ages 10+. This biology kit is not to be used by children unless under adult supervision.

Check out these step-by-step video guides for:

• Chapter 3 - Experiments 7 & 8
• Chapter 6 - Experiments 13 & 14  
• Chapter 10 - Experiments 19 & 20

• Take a look at this experiment manual sample for a sneak-peek!