Henry Louis Gates Jr with Science U students.

Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings

The new web series “Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings” follows 13 young people at a genetics and genealogy camp as they use science to answer the question “Who am I?” Inspired by the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” and shot on the campus of Penn State University, campers explore their own family history and DNA ancestry with techniques never before used in an educational setting.

Find educational curriculum at http://www.fyrclassroom.org/

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Episodes

Finding Your Roots Campers with Henry Louis Gates Jr.Season 1 Episode 9

Final Presentations

On the last day of the Finding Your Roots Genetics & Genealogy camp, campers finish up their individual research project presentations that they will give to their families.

10/10/18 | 10m 39s

 

Season 1 Episode 8

Classification

Finding Your Roots campers do a surprising activity to get them ready for a trip to the Matson Museum of Anthropology at Penn State University.

6/19/18 | 8m 43s

 

Jenna shows Ireland the censusSeason 1 Episode 7

Genealogy

Campers dig deeper into their roots as they learn the basics of genealogical research.

5/11/18 | 13m 27s

 

Finding Your Roots campersSeason 1 Episode 6

Evolution of Skin Color

Campers find out why ancestry and geography and natural selection are all important to determining skin color.

2/27/18 | 12m 6s

 

Sarah tweezers beakSeason 1 Episode 5

Food For the Bird Brain

In this episode Finding Your Roots campers head outside to play a survival game of genetic mutations in natural selection called “Food for the Bird Brain”.

1/26/18 | 9m 35s

 

Young boy holding PTC paperSeason 1 Episode 4

Leaving a Bitter Taste

Campers take the PTC test to see if they have the dominant gene for tasting bitter compounds.

12/19/17 | 11m 29s

 

Young boy looks surprisedSeason 1 Episode 3

DNA Ancestry

Campers make predictions about their genetic ancestry and then open their individual DNA test results to find out for certain.

10/31/17 | 10m 25s

 

Young girl looking at liquid in test tubeSeason 1 Episode 2

DNA Extraction

Campers extract and see their own DNA in anticipation of getting the results from their individual DNA ancestry tests.

10/19/17 | 10m 25s

 

Henry Louis Gates JrSeason 1 Episode 1

Overview

"Finding Your Roots" series host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits campers at the Finding Your Roots Genetics & Genealogy Camp.

9/29/17 | 8m 15s

 

 

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