Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: How Do Cells Make Proteins?
Learn how the code on a strand of DNA can be used to make a protein.
Other
Clark County Schools: Rna & Protein Synthesis: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
This is one lesson in a larger learning module. In it, students investigate the essential question: How does DNA get the genetic message out so proteins can be built?
Other
University of Cincinnati: Dna Structure and Function
This site explores the history and the science of DNA. Content also examines and considers the possibilities of genetic engineering and mutation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA must replicate (copy) itself so that each resulting cell after mitosis and cell division has the same DNA as the parent cell. DNA replication occurs during the S...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA contains the instructions to create proteins, but it does not make proteins itself. DNA is located in the nucleus, which it never leaves, while proteins are made...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Dna Model
Learn about DNA by building a model of its double-strand structure.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Human Genome Project: Project Information
This site provides from the Human Genome Project provides basic information on the Human Genome Project. Among the items discussed is how genome sequencing is done, as well as information about the genome and proteome.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Dna Technology Project
Students will research current uses for DNA technology. Students identify a variety of ways that DNA technology can be used. Finally, the students create a DNA Technology project using technology. This lesson plan was created as a result...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Optical Traps to Manipulate Single Dna Strands
Read a passage about using optical traps to manipulate single DNA strands and answer the follow-up questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Melting Point and Thermodynamics of Double Stranded Dna
Read the passage and study the graphics concerning Melting Point and Thermodynamics of Double-Stranded DNA and then answer the five question quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chromosomal Inheritance Questions
This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to chromosomal inheritance.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Rna Origin of Life Quiz
Try this quiz about RNA and the origin of life.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Protein Synthesis in the Cellular Factory Quiz
Try this quiz about RNA's role in protein synthesis.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Myelogenous Leukemia and Two Chemotherapeutic Agents
Read a passage about chemotherapeutic agents and answer the follow-up questions using the graphs provided.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.19 Human Genome
See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 13.9 Translation
Understand the process of reading the mRNA code in the ribosome to make a protein during translation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.8 Transcription
Understand process of constructing an mRNA molecule from DNA is known as transcription.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.21 Mitosis
Understand what happens to a cell during mitosis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.6 Nucleus
Discover the structure and function of the nucleus of the cell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mutation Study Guide
Understand how mutations occur, and the implications.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Life's Instruction Manual: Interactive Lesson: Unc Tv Science
The human genome serves as an instruction manual for life, with its own distinct letters, alphabet, sentences and chapters. Learn about the genome, nucleotides, DNA and genes with this interactive lesson.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Experiments on the Genetic Code
Read a passage about early experiments on the genetic code and answer the follow-up questions.