TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dna: The Human Body Recipe
As a class, students work through an example showing how DNA provides the "recipe" for making our body proteins. They see how the pattern of nucleotide bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) forms the double helix ladder shape of...
University of Oxford (UK)
University of Oxford: Proteins and Nucleic Acids: Information Carriers
This chapter takes a look at proteins and nucleic acids as information carriers. Discover why the arrangement of atoms is of special importance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of transcription is defined and discussed in protein synthesis. Students will learn about mRNA processing and know the significance of polyadenylation.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Making the Modern World: Dna: Structure and Function
The learning module helps students gain a deeper understanding of the structure and function of DNA.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dna vs Rna: Lesson 3
This lesson will show the difference in structure between deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "DNA vs RNA."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dna vs Rna: Lesson 4
This lesson will show the difference in structure between deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "DNA vs RNA."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dna vs Rna: Lesson 1
This lesson will show the difference in structure between deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "DNA vs RNA."
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Introduction to Dna Structure
A tutorial on the structure of DNA. Meant as a companion to a biology course, a grasp of basic DNA terminology is essential for the reader.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dna on the Witness Stand
Dr. Eric Lander of the Human Genome Project explains the use of DNA as forensic evidence. He describes the process and need for standards in testing laboratories and discusses the use of DNA evidence as a human rights tool.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Codon Chart
Explains the workings of the codon translation chart which provides the keys to the structure of amino acids. Includes a widget where one can input a nucleotide triplet combination and see which amino acid it represents. Includes RNA and...
Nature Research
Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses transcription in protein synthesis.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Overview of Transcription
Find out about the process of transcription, where the DNA sequence of a gene is transcribed to make an RNA molecule.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Dna Replication
This site from Ohio State University provides a good outline of the process of replicating DNA. The outline contains a numerous amount of embedded vocabulary links, illustrations of the process and also review questions and solutions.
Nature Research
Scitable: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function
Get an in-depth look at the importance of DNA with this library of information on nucleic acid structure and function. Understand the structure and function of DNA by exploring topics in the chemical structure of DNA, organization of DNA...
University of Maryland
Univ. Of Maryland: Master of Chemical and Life Sciences: Dna Bracelets [Pdf]
Using a bead-bracelet simulation, construct a sequence of amino acids. Then, discover the effects of silent, point, and frameshift mutations.
Other
Molecule of the Month: Dna (Java)
A good site that begins with the background and branches into the structure, function and applications of technology. This version of the page requires Java, and should open some applets that allow you to see the structures in 3-D.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids
A podcast lesson providing a brief overview of the function of the macromolecules, nucleic acids. [0:38]
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Genes, Dna, and Mutations
A good Access Excellence site with an introduction to the processes of transcription and translation, leading to a student modeling activity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses transcription in protein synthesis.
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Gene Expression (Central Dogma)
Learn how genes in DNA can provide instructions for proteins. Understand the central dogma of molecular biology: DNA, RNA, protein.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: How to Crack the Code
Through a series of illustrations, learn about the physical carriers of inheritance. Discover facts about DNA, the blueprint of life, and RNA, the blueprint copy.
Nature Research
Scitable: Genomics
Get an in-depth look at the genome which includes all genes, regulatory sequences, and other information found in noncoding regions of DNA. Articles on webpage explores the large amount of information available about genes and DNA...