Cracking the Code of Life Preview & Guiding Questions
1. Why would we want to learn the genetic code for humans? What problems could we solve if we have it?
2. It was initially very slow and difficult to read the genetic code, since DNA is so small of a molecule. How
did scientists and engineers speed this process up in order to read all 3 billion letters of the human genome?
3.
a. What happened to the children of the Lord’s family (Hayden)?
b. Explain the science behind what is happened to the Lord’s Family.
c. How can the Human Genome Project Hayden’s family?
d. Why didn’t the parents of Hayden die if they had genes for Tay-Sachs disease?
4. What will the results of the Human Genome Project allow us to do?
5. REFLECT: If you could get a DNA test of your own genetic code, would you do it? Explain.
Cracking the Code of Life Preview & Guiding Questions
1. Why would we want to learn the genetic code for humans? What problems could we solve if we have it?
2. It was initially very slow and difficult to read the genetic code, since DNA is so small of a molecule.
How did scientists and engineers speed this process up in order to read all 3 billion letters of the human
genome?
3.
a. What happened to the children of the Lord’s family (Hayden)?
b. Explain the science behind what is happened to the Lord’s Family.
c. How can the Human Genome Project Hayden’s family?
d. Why didn’t the parents of Hayden die if they had genes for Tay-Sachs disease?
4. What will the results of the Human Genome Project allow us to do?
5. REFLECT: If you could get a DNA test of your own genetic code, would you do it? Explain.
Cracking the Code of Life Preview & Guiding Questions
1. Why would we want to learn the genetic code for humans? What problems could we solve if we have it?
2. It was initially very slow and difficult to read the genetic code, since DNA is so small of a molecule. How
did scientists and engineers speed this process up in order to read all 3 billion letters of the human genome?
3.
a. What happened to the children of the Lord’s family (Hayden)?
b. Explain the science behind what is happened to the Lord’s Family.
c. How can the Human Genome Project Hayden’s family?
d. Why didn’t the parents of Hayden die if they had genes for Tay-Sachs disease?
4. What will the results of the Human Genome Project allow us to do?
5. REFLECT: If you could get a DNA test of your own genetic code, would you do it? Explain.