
PACIFIC BLEEDING HEART
Dicentra formosa


2 POINTS
FACT: The flowers of Pacific Bleeding Heart may be pink, red, purple or white, and are heart shaped.

SALAL
Gaultheria shallon


2 POINTS
FACT: Salal makes ripe purple berries which are tasty.

PILEATED WOODPECKER
Dryocopus pileatus


3 PIONT
PLAY: The Pileated Woodpecker has a FLIGHT of 2. FACT: Pileated Woodpeckers.

SNOWBERRY
Symphoricapos albus


2 POINT
FACT: First Nations use this plant as a medicine and a soap.

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
Selasphorus rufus


4 POINTS
PLAY: Rufous Hummingbird has FLIGHT OF 2. FACT: Rufous Hummingbird has a straw shaped beak and a long tongue.

Gene Knockout
PROJECT CARD
4 POINTS
Study the biological effects of disrupting specific genes in a single celled model organism.
Collect: 1 SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM card, 1 SEQUENCING card, 1 IMAGING card, 1 STRAIN DEVELOPMENT card

Cancer Research
PROJECT CARD
4 POINTS
Study the genetics of human tumor development using a vertebrate model organisim.
Collect: 1 VERTEBRATE card, 1 MOLECULAR GENETICS card, 1 SEQUENCING card, 1 IMAGING card

Transcriptomics
PROJECT CARD
4 POINTS
Study changes in gene expression that occur when plants defend themselves from pests and pathogens.
Collect: 1 PLANT card, 1 MOLECULAR GENETICS card, 1 SEQUENCING card, 1 BIOINFORMATICS card

Phylogenetic Analysis
PROJECT CARD
4 POINTS
Infer the evolutionary relationships of different speices by comparing their genetic sequences.
Collect: 1 SEQUENCING card + 1 BIOINFORMATICS card + 2 different species cards.