Curated OER
An Introduction to Classification
Sixth graders explore, analyze and study the history of classification systems and the scientific processes that influenced modern classification methods. They evaluate why classification and binomial nomenclature are necessary to the...
Curated OER
The Cell - Internet Activity
For this cells worksheet, students click on the links to learn about the plant and animal cells complete a comparison chart and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
Curated OER
Bacterium Cells
In this bacteria worksheet, students read several elements of bacterium cells, their diet, types, locations, reproduction, resting stages, effects of, and classification. Students also study a cross-section of bacterium cells.
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: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Module describes how DNA's structure and function was discovered while summarizing the process of DNA replication. This activity also explains Chargaff's rules and...
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.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Dna Mircoarray Virtual Lab
This interactive lab will enhance learning about DNA by virtually translating a gene.
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.
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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.
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.
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]
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science: Dna
Find out how the human side of science played a role in the significant discovery of the molecule of life, DNA.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering Nature: Dna Visualization and Manipulation
Students are introduced to genetic techniques such as DNA electrophoresis and imaging technologies used for molecular and DNA structure visualization. In the field of molecular biology and genetics, biomedical engineering plays an...
PBS
Pbs People and Discoveries: Rosalind Franklin
PBS People and Discoveries offers an excellent, if brief, sketch of Rosalind Franklin's character and life.
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin
This article describes the race to unlock the mystery of life by determining the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. The discovery of DNA and its structure is an example of collective learning.
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.
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.
Other
Letters of Note: A Most Important Discovery
Read a letter that Francis Crick wrote to his son shortly before Crick and Watson published their findings about the structure of DNA. In the letter, Crick clearly describes how the double helix structure works.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: The Rna Message Is Sometimes Edited
The discovery that mRNA is not an exact copy of the DNA is the topic of this section from the DNA Learning Center. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are...
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...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 Award Ceremony
Here you can find the full text of the speech, by Professor A. Engstrom, presenting the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Maurice Wilkins, James Watson, and Francis Crick for their discovery of DNA's structure. The speech...
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....
Other
San Diego Supercomputer Cente: Rosalind Elsie Franklin
The story of Rosalind Franklin, pioneer DNA researcher whose career was cut short by her early death is told here, including the role she played in the discovery of the structure of DNA.