Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
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Evolution of Corn
How did we get the familiar large yellow ear of corn today? Through the study of genetics, we know today that corn's wild ancestor is a grass called teosinte. Teosinte doesn't look much like maize, especially when you compare its kernals to those of corn. But at the DNA level, the two are surprisingly alike.
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Genetic Science Learning Center
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Inherited Traits in the Living Corn Necklace (Grades 6-8)
- Inherited Traits in the Living Corn Necklace (Grades 3-5)
- Corn an A-maizing Plant: Food, Fuel, and Plastic
- Fueling Up for a Career in Biofuel
- Growing America
- Energy and Biofuels (Grades 6-8)