Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Linus Pauling and the Race for Dna
A great resource for the history of the discovery of DNA! This website includes over 300 documents, photographs, audio clips, and video excerpts that documents how the double helix structure was discovered.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Rosalind Franklin
This is a fantastic biography of Rosalind Franklin. It has links to both additional information and images to help illustrate the biography.
PBS
Pbs People and Discoveries: Rosalind Franklin
PBS People and Discoveries offers an excellent, if brief, sketch of Rosalind Franklin's character and life.
PBS
Nova: Journey Into Dna
Investigate the structure and function of DNA using this animated presentation.
Other
My Science Box: Dna Models
Hands-on activity in which students play with puzzle pieces representing the DNA molecule to discover the molecular structure of DNA.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Dna Molecule Two Views
Access Excellence provides an excellent graphic showing the structure of the DNA molecule and its components.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Structure of the Dna Molecule
Read a history of the discovery and study of DNA and its structure. Links to a graphic, other references, and classroom activities.
Genome British Columbia
Genome British Columbia: Edible Dna [Pdf]
Students use food (licorice and marshmallows or fruit) to make models of DNA.
Other
Eureka Science: Dna Structure
A good site for information on DNA structure that we can all grasp. Fun animations make the topic less threatening.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Metabolism and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How organisms get energy and replicate.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Metabolism and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How organisms get energy and replicate.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Erwin Chargaff
Learn about the Austrian biochemist and author, Erwin Chargaff, best known for "Chargaff's Rules" which lead to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Face Shape Secrets May Lie in 'Junk' Dna
Article reports that the secret to differences in face-shape may be found in the non-coding sequences of DNA, also known as "junk" DNA.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how DNA's structure and function was discovered.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Nucleic Acids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the structure and role of nucleic acids.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Dna Base Pairs O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand DNA bases A, T, G, and C.
Genome British Columbia
Genome British Columbia: Dna Code Bracelet
For this activity, students create a bracelet of beads using DNA code. Each letter represents an amino acid and is three beads. The authors suggest that even younger students would enjoy this activity, although older students will...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how DNA's structure and function was discovered.
PBS
Nova: Picturing the Molecules of Life
Retrace the development of our knowledge of nucleic acids by viewing pictures of nucleic acids (both DNA and RNA) taken in 1952, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984 and 2001.
University of California
Ucmp: Computer Model of Dna
A slight departure from the classic view of DNA showing that the molecule is not exactly a twisted ladder. Good image and explanation to go with it.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Dna Sequencing (Dry Lab Activity)
This site is an advanced level hands-on activity to explain the Di-deoxy sequencing of DNA.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression
This lesson focuses on how genes, sections of the DNA, are formed including descriptions of transcription and translation. It provides links to a video and a test.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: 7 Major Steps of Dna Replication
Explains the structure of DNA and the seven steps that take place during DNA replication. Includes a labeled illustration for each step.
John Wiley & Sons
Concepts in Biochemistry: Structure Tutorials
Learners explore the Biochemistry topic of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). Topics examined are DNA replication, cloning, and fingerprinting. The resource consists of articles and animations and culminating questions.