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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Dna Dry Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab illustrates how the order of nucleotides in DNA determines the order of amino acids in proteins. Relates DNA function to that of RNAand provides an exercise to demonstrate how mutations may occur. Includes a lesson plan and...
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Some Mutations Are Repaired

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiments found that DNA could sometimes recover from damage. This article illustrates how the discovery was made. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are accessed by clicking...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Molecular Logic Database: Mutations: Changing the Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the different types of mutations and how they work. They will compare the effect of these different types of mutations in DNA, including nucleotide substitution, nucleotide insertion, and nucleotide deletion....
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: Dna Damage

For Students 9th - 10th
See how mutations in DNA can affect human cells, and how these mutations can even be corrected by biochemical repair work. [1:05]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of DNA replication is not always 100% accurate. Sometimes the wrong base is inserted in the new strand of DNA. This wrong base could become permanent. A...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dna and Protein Synthesis in the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn how DNA fits into chromosomes, how chromosomes relate to the human body, DNA replication, and protein synthesis.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dna Spells Evolution Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about DNA and evolution.
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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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Handout
Kansas State

Mutations, Mutagens and Dna Repair: Types of Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
Good explanation of the different types of mutations. Solid background on base-pair substitution.
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Lesson Plan
University of Maryland

Univ. Of Maryland: Master of Chemical and Life Sciences: Dna Bracelets [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a bead-bracelet simulation, construct a sequence of amino acids. Then, discover the effects of silent, point, and frameshift mutations.
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Handout
Other

Gene Expression & Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides some very straight forward information regarding genetic information an DNA. Find out about synthesizing proteins, the Central Dogma of molecular biology, and much more.
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Handout
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Mutations Are Changes in Genetic Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how and why mutations are so important to genetics.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dna History and Dna Replication

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will take a look at the history of DNA. It lists all the scientists involved in the discovery of DNA. Students will also look at some of the basic facts about DNA and determine the sequence of...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Leukemia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Stem cells found in the bone marrow are crucial for our health because they are needed to become new blood cells that sustain and protect our bodies. But when the transformation goes wrong, harmful mutations can cause the cells to start...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Therapy and Breast Tumors

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "On the Brink: Portraits of Modern Science" explores the genetics of breast cancer. [3:40]
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage briefly explaining how a mutation in DNA and RNA can cause the wrong protein to be synthesized. Understand that DNA & RNA are long string of nucleotides that codes protein. The mutations shown include deletion, duplication,...
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Repair Shops for Broken Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover more about the late-breaking research into DNA repair shops located in the cell. The work is being done by NASA scientists who are interested in the effects of radiation on astronauts. (Nov. 7, 2007)
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Lesson Plan
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Making a Phylogenetic Tree Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Constructing phylogenetic trees may be a daunting task for students, but this lesson plan is a simulation of what molecular biologists must do to determine relationships. This plan is for students who have a good grasp of DNA structure...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Genetic Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Mutations can cause a permanent change in the DNA of an organism. Over many generations, organisms have adapted through mutation which involves small changes between organisms which may allow that organism to compete better for survival....
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Lesson Plan
National Health Museum

Nhm: Restriction Maps to Cladograms Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan requires students to analyze DNA restriction maps to determine the differences in the sequence for several primates and humans. They then use the information to create a cladogram.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: Tumor Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
See how cell division is essential for healthy growth of an organism, and how complex genetic mechanisms have evolved to switch cell division on and off at the proper time for normal development. [0:50]
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: Sickle Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of Sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease that affects hemoglobin in the blood. [1:30]
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Interactive
University of Utah

University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Making Sn Ps Make Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how tiny variations in DNA can help scientists predict humans' response to drugs or to disease risk.
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gene Machine the Lac Operon

For Students 9th - 10th
Build a gene network! The lac operon is a set of genes which are responsible for the metabolism of lactose in some bacterial cells. Explore the effects of mutations within the lac operon by adding or removing genes from the DNA.

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