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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Dna Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over the molecule of life, DNA. Then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: The New Diagnostics [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover new knowledge about molecular biology- how molecules fit together as a lock and key. This has given researchers new diagnostic tools that use immune cells from mice to produce antibodies to detect a specific virus or bacterium.
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University of Arizona

Ua: Large Molecules Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Understandable lessons about numerous aspects about the composition, function, and interactions of proteins. Each starts with an interactive quiz and links to a tutorial.
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Unit Plan
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Chemistry Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce you to some of the chemical concepts which are necessary to understand biology. Concepts include the basics for understanding biology, chemical bonds and attractive forces, the chemistry of...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Enzyme Substrate Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the properties of enzymes and the concept of enzyme-substrate specificity, and how a substrate molecule binds to an enzyme to form an enzyme-substrate complex. An overview of enzyme-substrate reactions is also presented.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Molecular Mechanism of Receptor Mediated Endocytosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Endocytosis enables cells to absorb extracellular nutrients that are needed for their survival. In receptor-mediated endocytosis, a protein receptor on the cell membrane binds to a nutrient molecule and facilitates its absorption through...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an interactive quiz over biochemistry and organic chemistry. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Cell Transport and Homeostasis

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will be able to identify two ways that molecules and ions cross the plasma membrane.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Ribose vs. Deoxyribose

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what ribose and deoxyribose are, their chemical structure and properties, similarities and differences, their functions, and their biological importance.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Is a Stop Codon?

For Students 9th - 10th
A stop codon is a nucleotide triplet in messenger RNA that signals the end of a protein during the translation process. Read about how this works, the different types of stop codons, and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Start Codon

For Students 9th - 10th
A start codon is a nucleotide triplet in a genetic sequence that occurs at the start of a protein's synthesis. Read about how this works and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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Curated OER

University of Arizona: Fate of Excited Pigment Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Biology Project tutorial from the University of Alabama explains the molecular events that occur as a pigment molecule absorbs a photon of light during photosynthesis.
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Curated OER

University of Arizona: Fate of Excited Pigment Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Biology Project tutorial from the University of Alabama explains the molecular events that occur as a pigment molecule absorbs a photon of light during photosynthesis.
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Curated OER

University of Arizona: Fate of Excited Pigment Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Biology Project tutorial from the University of Alabama explains the molecular events that occur as a pigment molecule absorbs a photon of light during photosynthesis.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Proteins and Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
This information can be used for exam review or as an introduction. It presents a good overview of the topics with charts, graphs, links, and a quiz.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Active Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about gradients of molecules that exist across cell membranes, how they can help or hinder transport, and how active transport mechanisms allow molecules to move against their gradients.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Calvin Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the three stages of the Calvin Cycle reactions: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the starting molecule. See how the products of the light reactions, ATP and NADPH, are used to fix carbon into sugars in this cycle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Connections Between Cellular Respiration and Other Pathways

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource examines how non-glucose molecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids enter the cellular respiration pathway. Also, looks at the use of cellular respiration intermediates for biosynthesis.
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Curated OER

Graphic of Dna Molecule

For Students 9th - 10th
Problem sets, tutorials, and activities related to biochemistry.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Diffusion: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the process of diffusion. It explains how diffusion is a passive form of transport, used to move molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 2 of 8 in the series titled "Diffusion."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Diffusion: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the process of diffusion. It explains how diffusion is a passive form of transport, used to move molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 4 of 8 in the series titled "Diffusion."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Diffusion: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains the process of diffusion. It explains how diffusion is a passive form of transport, used to move molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 1 of 8 in the series titled "Diffusion."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Glucose and Atp

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students take a look at glucose and ATP. They will be able to explain the structure of ATP and will learn how ATP is a source of energy for a cell.