Cellular Biology

Cytosis

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Cytosis: A Cell Building Game is a worker placement game that takes place inside a human cell. Players start out with a number of workers and on a player’s turn, they will place one of their workers in any available location within that cell.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
90 min.
Cytosis

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells, taken without her knowledge, become one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years.

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Lexile: 
1140L
Length: 
12:30
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks