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Shelly Vernon

Shelly Vernon

School: 

Vandenberg Middle School

Grade Level: 

Junior High

Teaching Position: 

Health
Science

Supervisor: 

Cynthia Husted

Department: 

Neuroscience Research Institute

Mentor: 

Barry Coe

Research Project Year: 

1999

Research Project Title: 

Tissue culture of medicinal plants

Curriculum Project Year: 

2000

Curriculum Project Title: 

Culturing Plant Tissue in the Classroom

Curriculum Project Description: 

With the implementation of the new CA Science Standards, plant propagation can be used to teach cell biology, genetics, plant morphology, laboratory techniques and the scientific method. Cloning of plants by tissue culture offers students many different experiences.

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