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.
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Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: Piecing Together the Structure of Dna [Pdf]
Outlines the history of the scientific efforts that went into the discovery and mapping of the structure of DNA, spanning one hundred forty years.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Milestones in Dna History
Access Excellence provides a detailed timeline charting the study of and discoveries made about DNA from 1869 to 1978.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: A Visit With Dr. Francis Crick
A transcript of a personal interview with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biology: Dna I: The Genetic Material
Instructional module focusing on the discovery that DNA is the genetic material on which life is built. Discussion includes the key evidence that bacteria could be transformed by adding DNA from other bacteria. Site also includes an...
National Institutes of Health
Profiles in Science: The Oswald T. Avery Collection
The Osward T. Avery Collection is a library of collected material spanning the entire life of Osward T. Avery. The materials include published articles and books, laboratory notes, correspondence, speeches, official reports, photographs,...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science: Francis Crick Papers
Biographical information about Francis Crick as well as access to an archival collection of his papers, letters, photographs, and notes, including those related to the discovery of the double helix.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: James D. Watson, ph.d.
A biography of James Dewey Watson who, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1962. Watson was later the first person to lead the Human Genome Project....
National Institutes of Health
Nih: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Michael Nirenberg
Story of Michael Nirenberg and his colleagues deciphering of DNA.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Basepairing
See how the discovery of DNA in 1953 sparked a new era of research into the code of life. [1:40]
Sumanas
Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Meselson Stahl Experiment
Follow Meselson and Stahl through their experiments to determine how DNA replicates.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: James Watson on How He Discovered Dna
Nobel laureate, James Watson, discusses the story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA and identified the genetic components for many diseases. [20:15]
Other
National Center for Biotechnology Education: Dna50: Timeline
Follow a timeline which describes the discovery of the DNA double helix model in the early part of the 1950s.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: James Watson
Excellent overview of the scientific career of James Watson. Includes a black and white photo. This site also offers links to information on Rosalind Franklin, Linus Pauling, and the Human Genome Project.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Classic Experiments: Dna as the Genetic Material
Learn about the experiments by Frederick Griffith, Oswald Avery, Alfred Hershey, and Martha Chase that led to the discovery of DNA as the genetic material.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Dna, the Genetic Material
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how DNA was discovered.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discovery of the Structure of Dna
Explore the structure of DNA double helix and how it was discovered. Learn about the work of Chargaff, Watson and Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna Interactive: Timeline
The history of the discovery and work with DNA is located in this totally interactive timeline. Parts of the timeline are displayed using short movies, animation and flash.
University of California
Cog Web: Can Matter Store Active Information?
This site provides a timeline of historical events in regards to discovery and research on genetics.
PBS
Pbs: Watson and Crick Describe the Structure of Dna
From a PBS databank of twentieth-century scientists and their stories comes this brief description of the discovery by Watson and Crick of the double-helix structure of DNA. The work of other scientists on whom Watson and Crick relied...
Other
Plant Molecular Genetics: Proof That Dna Is Genetic Material
Synopsis of the three major experiments to prove that DNA was the carrier of inheritance.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Investigating Dna
A set of lesson plan ideas and activities related to teaching about DNA in a high school biology setting.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Which Scientists?
A brief tutorial on the contributions of a few of the DNA scientists. Part of a larger "Biology Project" learning series.
University of Arizona
Biology Project: Which Scientists? (Tutorial Problem 1)
A problem from a genetics problem set that address the discovery of DNA. Get the answer right and your're smart, get it wrong and you get tutored.