Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication
Author(s): Rebecca Orr1, Ruth Buskirk2, Kristin Harvey2
1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin
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Description
Student interest in cancer as a topic of study and discussion is high, as most students can closely identify with the impact of cancer on an individual and their loved ones. DNA replication and repair is a topic essential to understanding reproduction and is foundational to students' understanding of gene expression. This module seeks to address two distinct learning goals, one that is content-based and one that is develops quantitative competency in freshman biology students.
Learning Goals for "Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication"
- To give students context for the importance of high fidelity DNA repair by capitalizing on their inherent interest in cancer and curiosity as to what causes cancer.
- To develop students' science process skills by teaching experimental design as well as developing skills in scientific notation, relationships between two variables in a scatter plot, and correlation between variables.
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Orr, R., Buskirk, R., Harvey, K. (2018). Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication. HHMI BioInteractive, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q47H6Z