In this assignment you will watch a video about the Human Genome project. Describe your views on what you saw in a few of the segments shown.

Directions: For this assignment, you will watch the video Cracking the Code of Life
available at (or go to YouTube and search for “Cracking the Code of Life PBS Nova 2001”).

From the video, select a specific topic that you found surprising or interesting. Use any relevant resources to find out a little bit more about the topic and post your reaction to this on the message board. This should be around 3 paragraphs in length.

Post your assignment to the message board. Please do not upload files in case I am not able to open them.

Grading Rubric:

2 points – Identified a topic from the first half of the video

3 points – Presented external information relevant to the topic chosen

3 points – Thoroughly discussed the topic chosen

2 points – Completed on time