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Yale University

Yale University Center for Structural Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an excellent resource on the research and graduate studies programs in the field of biophysics.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discovery of the Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the structure of DNA double helix and how it was discovered. Learn about the work of Chargaff, Watson and Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: How Dna Is Packaged Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
An animated tutorial showing how each chromosome consists of one continuous thread-like molecule of DNA coiled tightly around proteins. [1:42]
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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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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Classic Experiments: Dna as the Genetic Material

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Handout
PBS

Nova: Picturing the Molecules of Life

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

Ck 12: Biology: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the structure and role of nucleic acids.
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BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Life Chemistry Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Two multiple-choice quizzes, one on the processes and types of biological molecules, the other on the structure and replication of DNA.
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Handout
Other

Molecule of the Month: Dna (Java)

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Dna vs Rna: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will show the difference in structure between deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "DNA vs RNA."
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: How Do Cells Make Proteins?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the code on a strand of DNA can be used to make a protein.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson presents how the structure and function of nucleic acids pertain to living things. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids."
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Handout
Other

Acadia University: Structure of Dna and Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Acadia University provides the basic structure of DNA and RNA and a decent compare/contrast between the two.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Why Is Dna Important

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what DNA is and how much information lies stored in its structure, and discusses the many applications of the science of DNA in agriculture, forensic science, human genetics, etc.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Dna

For Students K - 1st
What is DNA? Discover facts about its structure, genes, and more.
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University of Missouri

Biotech Adventures: Dna Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
Replication 1, Replication 2, 5'to 3' direction, polymerase replication, and ligase replication are the topics delved into in this complete site. The text is supplemented with animation for clarity.
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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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Article
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Sequencing

For Students 9th - 10th
The structure of DNA is explained in detail, and the technology of DNA sequencing.
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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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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
PBS

Pbs: Watson and Crick Describe the Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Use Dna Sequencing to Trace the Blue Whale's Evolutionary Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Around 50 million years ago, the mammalian ancestor of today's whales returned to the ocean. In this genomics science fair project, you will use mitochondrial protein sequencing to trace the evolution of whales and identify their closest...
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: A Visit With Dr. Francis Crick

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of a personal interview with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.

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