Curated OER
AP: Chapter 20: DNA Technology
This nine-page biotechnology resource contains six pages of questions regarding DNA technology. Questions cover cloning, restriction enzymes, the polymerase chain reaction, different techniques, the human genome project, and more. The...
Curated OER
GenEng
Students investigate the process of genetic engineering. In this genetic engineering lesson plan, students use paper models of DNA and plasmid bacterium to investigate the process of replicating DNA, splicing genes from DNA, and...
Curated OER
Biotechnology and The Chocolate Milk Cow
Students discuss new discoveries that have resulted from the use of recombinant DNA technology and otehr biotechnology. In groups, they create a transgenic cow capable of producing chocolate-flavored milk.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Introductory Biology
College-level introductory biology course focusing on the application of the fundamental principles of human biology. Course topics include genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, disease (infectious agents, inherited diseases and...
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...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry: Genetic Engineering
A tutorial on genetic engineering. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials about how genetic modification works and the ethical issues surrounding this scientific practice. The last two sections have...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Transformation
Through animated images, follow the experiment which created the first custom-made organism containing recombinant DNA.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Recombinant Dna Technology Problem Set
Get an indepth overview of recombinant DNA technology by going through a tutorial that consists of 11 questions and explanations.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Control of Gene Expression
Online biology textbook illustrates the control of gene expression. Includes information on the role DNA plays in this study of science.
PBS
Pbs: Fact of Fiction
At this site from PBS you can challenge yourself with this quiz to see if you know what is true and what is false in genetic and reproductive technology. You'll be surprised by some of the things that we are currently able to do with...
Other
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.: Basics of Recombinant Dna
What is rDNA? What are the three different methods by which rDNA is made? How does it work? Why is it important? Find all this and also discover what the future holds for rDNA. After learning all this information, take the interactive...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Biotechnology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes some biotechnology methods.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Recombinant Dna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources. For example, it is possible to place a human gene into bacterial DNA. Recombinant DNA...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Rt Pcr of a Uv Dependent Gene
Read the passage and study the diagram to answer the five-question quiz that follows.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.17 Recombinant Dna
Understand that recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recombinant Dna and Cloning
Read a passage about recombinant DNA and cloning and answer the follow-up questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recombinant Dna Technology
Read a passage about recombinant DNA technology and answer the follow-up questions.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Problemas Sobre Tecnologia Del Dna Recombinado
Learn the basics techniques and principles of recombinant DNA and how it applies to human health with these series of problems presented here. The correct answers have a brief explanation to reinforce the theories and incorrect answers...