Scotland students to solve lab mystery
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A North Carolina student analyzing scientific data upon the mobile laboratory, Destiny.
A North Carolina student analyzing scientific data upon the mobile laboratory, Destiny.
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Kathy Willams' biology students will perform the lab exercise called "Case of the Crown Jewels." Students will assume the role of forensic scientists and perform DNA restriction analysis (popularly known as DNA fingerprinting) to analyze drops of "blood" and other kinds of evidence found at crime scenes.

The bus will be at Scotland High School of Visual & Performing Arts from 11:49 a.m. to 1:21 p.m. and from 1:49 to 3:20 p.m.

The Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program is a science education outreach initiative of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC Chapel Hill, serving pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina. Destiny develops and delivers a standards-based, hands-on curriculum and teacher professional development with a team of educators and a fleet of vehicles that travel throughout the state.

Destiny and Discovery, two custom-built, 40-foot buses equipped as mobile science laboratories, bring advanced science and technology equipment to students who otherwise might not see high-tech experiments or what a career in science can offer. The mobile science labs are powerful visual images that heighten public awareness of the importance of and funding necessary for quality science education.

To be eligible to request a visit from a Destiny mobile science lab, each participating teacher must attend workshops to learn how to incorporate module activities and experiments into his or her classroom.

Destiny offers 15 different science modules, each aligned with the N.C. Standard Course of Study.

The Destiny program was created by the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill in 2000. Its principal funders are the State of North Carolina and GlaxoSmithKline, with additional support from Bio-Rad Laboratories and from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Since 2006, Destiny has been a part of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC.
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