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Curated OER

Bioethics and the HGP

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars analyze case studies using the rules and principles of ethics. They comprehend which rules and principles of theics are of great importance to the Human Genome Project. Students participate in mock student hearings.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inheritance Intrigue

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students slve a case of unclear heredity using three lines of evidence and knowledge gained from the lesson in this biology lesson about Mendelian inheritance. The lesson includes handouts and a question sheet for final, individual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

SHOW 303: The Channel Island Fox

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore how archaeologists and other scientists use different clues to piece together a picture of the past. Students perform activities that allow them to conduct three types of scientific research. They discuss their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enslaved and Running

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars use runaway slave advertisements to discover how the language varies from the 18th to 21st century. Using primary source documents, they research the brutality of slavery and the desire of those in slavery to be free. ...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Dna Model

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about DNA by building a model of its double-strand structure.
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Lesson Plan
Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Dna the Ladder of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a DNA model to illustrate how the four DNA bases are like a blueprint for each living thing.
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Interactive
University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Dna Close Up & Do It Yourself

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of three-dimension DNA models. Users can alter the models by moving or changing the parts.
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Interactive
University of Utah

University of Utah: Dna Mircoarray Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lab will enhance learning about DNA by virtually translating a gene.
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Lesson Plan
Other

My Science Box: Dna Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Hands-on lesson in which students play with puzzle pieces representing the DNA molecule to discover the molecular structure of DNA.
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Dna to Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how the genetic code on a DNA strands controls what protein is produced with this collection of animations and 3D models. Explore an interactive 3D model of the double helix, watch an animation of transcription, and see the...
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Triple Helix

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of how the triple-helix DNA model was a precursor to the accepted double-helix model of our DNA. [0:27]
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Activity
Other

National Center for Biotechnology Education: Dna50: Cut Out Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students construct DNA base pairs using a template. The base pairs can be used to assemble a large-scale DNA strand for the whole class.
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Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: How to Make a 3 D Dna Model Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps for how to make a model of DNA using colored polymer clay and wire. Students will gain a good understanding of the structure of DNA by doing this project.
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Activity
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Edible Dna [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use food (licorice and marshmallows or fruit) to make models of DNA.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Modeling Dna Hybridization

For Students 9th - 10th
View this simulation of DNA Hybridization.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Computer Model of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Transcription of Dna to Rna

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA is located in the nucleus. Proteins are made on ribosomes in the cytoplasm. Remember that information in a gene is converted into mRNA, which carries the...
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Handout
Other

Genetics: Dna Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the three models of replication and shows how they would create different DNA strands. Good graphics and explanations.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Genes, Dna, and Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
A good Access Excellence site with an introduction to the processes of transcription and translation, leading to a student modeling activity.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dna Build

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Mundo: Decodificando a La Humanidad Del Adn

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about DNA and decoding the human genome by clicking graphical DNA models. You can also review a timeline that shows important moments in human genetics research. In Spanish.
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Other

National Center for Biotechnology Education: Dna50: Dna50 Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the history of DNA and the discovery of the double helix model in this twenty-question trivia quiz.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Dna Polymerase

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the animated model to see DNA being replicated.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Model Organisms

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about model organisms that research scientists use in lab testing.

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