Curated OER
Wolf Pack in a Bottle
Young scholars participate in an activity of a mock electrophoresis using paper chromatography to study DNA and genetic restriction mapping.
Curated OER
Extracting DNA
Young scholars develop understanding of DNA by modeling the process of DNA extraction. They study DNA, genes and chromosomes. After the basic information, students do an experiment in which they separate out DNA from peas.
Curated OER
DNA Isolation from Onion
Students apply measurement skills using the metric system. They explain the process of isolating DNA from other cell contents. They apply knowledge of cell structure to explain the process of isolating DNA.
Curated OER
"Chips" Off the Old Block?
Students study using analogies between common items or occurrences and science concepts. They use the analogy of cookie recipes to that of the DNA "recipes" for living things to help us explain more about mutations.
National Institutes of Health
The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
This resource, established by the National Cancer Institute, deals with the genetic conditions that cause cancer, and are present in cancerous tumors.
Concord Consortium
Biologica: Web Lab, Mendel's Peas
At this site see an online visual of meiosis, fertilization, and inheritance and play a game.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna Interactive: Teacher Guide
Teacher resource page provides links to additional teacher materials, the six units, student worksheets and templates that can be used as teachers and students work through the DNA Interactive site.
Davidson College
Dna Microarray Methodology
Discover how DNA microarray experiments are conducted with this step-by-step tutorial.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Molecules of Genetics
The link will list a variety of topics about genetics. Click on topic 17 for a very good tutorial on the discovery of DNA. Click along the bottom margin for the different screens.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Genes Can Be Moved Between Species
Recombinant DNA technology has made it possible to gain insight into how genes work. This concept is further developed in this article with an animated explanation, art gallery, audio/video interviews, biographies, and an interactive...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: One Gene Makes One Protein
Early research showed that genes code for proteins. This was based on studies using mutant strains of bread mold. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Dna Words Are Three Letters Long
The genetic code is actually the three letter combination of bases that codes for an amino acid. This article describes the discovery of this code. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: A Gene Is a Sequence of Nucleotides
Genes are actually a specific sequence of DNA and they have a clear start and stop. Learn about the discovery and sequencing of genes at this site. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information,...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Dna Is Packaged in a Chromosome
The scientists and experiments that discovered that DNA is coiled into chromosomes are the topic of this article. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are accessed by clicking on...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning
At DNA from the Beginning, choose from classical genetics, molecules of genetics, genetic organization and control. Each concept is explained through animation, an image gallery, video interviews, biographies and links.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Biology Animation Library: Dolan Dna Learning Center
A step-by-step animation shows how introns are removed during RNA splicing.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench
Numerous molecular biology interactive activities along with a program that can automatically keep models and reports to keep track of progress.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Genome Sciences
The LBN Laboratory uses the data generated by the Human Genome Project to actually map the genes within the decoded genome.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Nanobiotechnology [Pdf]
Students can read this full-length download of the biotech magazine which discusses nanotechnology and bionanotechnology issues.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: The Secret of How Life Works [Pdf]
In this Biotechnology Institute issue, get a glimpse the ethical implications of work done on the study of DNA and genetics.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Fighting Cancer With Biotechnology [Pdf]
This Biotechnology Institute issue focuses on the role of genetics in cancer. Find out about several types of cancer, the risks, treatments available now, and the treatments of the future.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Cracking the Code of Life [Pdf]
The Biotechnology Institute, in conjunction with a special titled, "Cracking the Code of Life" from NOVA/WGBH television, presents this issue dedicated to explorations of the human genome, one of the most exciting and provocative areas...
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Plant Biotechnology [Pdf]
As humans try to reach the goal of growing enough food to feed all the people, find out how biotechnology is used to help.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Immunology: Eukaryotic Gene Expression Problem Set
Students have the opportunity to work through a problem set over Eukaryotic genes. Correct answers are reinforced with a brief explanation. Incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.