Stem in the Real World
These ideas help scientists solve problems like curing diseases and improving animal health.
What is STEM
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
What is Genetics?
Traits in horses come from information passed down by these two parents.
Who are Sire and Dam?
This molecule stores all genetic instructions.
What is DNA?
The process of copying DNA into RNA.
What is Transcription?
This movie clip showed how genetics and science were used to recreate extinct animals.
What is Jurassic Park?
A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait.
What is a Gene?
Thoroughbreds, Draft horses, Icelandic horses, and Quarter Horses are examples of this.
What are horse breeds?
This molecule carries genetic instructions from DNA to make proteins.
What is RNA?
The process of building proteins from mRNA.
What is Translation?
Testing horses for disease or performance traits is an example of this STEM application.
What is Genetic Testing?
The physical traits you can see, such as coat color or height.
What is Phenotype?
Selective breeding is used to pass down these desired features.
What are Traits?
Genes are the building blocks of these structures.
What are Chromosomes?
A group of three RNA bases that codes for an amino acid.
What is a codon?
STEM careers focus on solving problems using science, technology, and this skill.
What is Engineering or Problem Solving?
The genetic makeup you cannot see.
What is Genotype?
Understanding genetics helps improve horse health, care, and this process.
What is breeding?
DNA acts like this for an organism.
What is a blueprint?
This structure reads codons during translation.
What is a Ribosome?
Learning STEM prepares students for careers based on innovation and this type of thinking.
What is Critical Thinking?
A group of horses with shared characteristics passed through generations.
What is a Breed?
Horses have this many pairs of chromosomes.
What is 32?
RNA’s main job is helping create these.
What are proteins?
ranscription must happen before this process can begin.
What is Translation?