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Unit Plan
John Wiley & Sons

Concepts in Biochemistry: Structure Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore the Biochemistry topic of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). Topics examined are DNA replication, cloning, and fingerprinting. The resource consists of articles and animations and culminating questions.
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Handout
Oregon State University

Oregon State University: Linus Pauling and the Race for Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Dna Has Four Units

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the four chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule. [0:25]
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Activity
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Dna Code Bracelet

For Students 9th - 10th
For this activity, students create a bracelet of beads using DNA code. Each letter represents an amino acid and is three beads. The authors suggest that even younger students would enjoy this activity, although older students will...
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Article
Seeker

Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Face Shape Secrets May Lie in 'Junk' Dna

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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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
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: James Watson on How He Discovered Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
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]
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

U.s. National Library of Medicine: What Is Dna?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scientific information about the hereditary material in all living things, DNA. Also includes links to fact sheets for quick reference.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.4 Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the structure and function of DNA.
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PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: The Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a basic animation of how DNA is structured.
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Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function

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

Ck 12: Biology: Nucleic Acids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and function of nucleic acids.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Wolf Pack in a Bottle: Dna Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan can be used to illustrate the principle of electrophoresis without the equipment. Paper chromatography can be used to separate dye just like electrophoresis will separate DNA. The lab also covers DNA analysis for an...
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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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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Chargaff's Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about base pairing in DNA, and how the ratios of adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine are equal. [0:47]
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dna Base Pairs O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand DNA bases A, T, G, and C.
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Handout
University of Arizona

Biology Project: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial: Dna Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial on DNA basics that goes along with an online quiz over the material. Use the naviagation buttons at the bottom of the page to go to the quiz over the material.
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Handout
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Dna and Molecular Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Microscopic images, detailed information, and illustrated diagrams help explain DNA and molecular genetics in this college-level textbook.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Virus Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
View a colorful 3-D diagrams of viruses and learn about how their structure helps them infect plants, animals, and bacteria.
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Handout
Other

World of Molecules: 3 D Structure Files

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the three-dimensional structure of various molecules- both organic and inorganic.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: The Rna Message Is Sometimes Edited

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dna Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
A 3D computer generated model of humans DNA structure. The double helix image labels base pairs, diameter, major and minor grooves.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Microbiology: Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the structure and coding of DNA, how it replicates, and the role it plays at the cellular level. Looks at past and current research on DNA, and applications of this research. (Published: September 25, 2010)
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PPT
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Biology Animation Library: Dolan Dna Learning Center

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step animation shows how introns are removed during RNA splicing.

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