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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on DNA including it's structure,components,and how it goes together to form genomes. It also provides to links to a video and a test.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: James Watson Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James Dewey Watson, the co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work with Franice Crick on decoding the structure of DNA. This article includes information on both Watson's personal life and public career.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 Award Ceremony

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find the full text of the speech, by Professor A. Engstrom, presenting the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Maurice Wilkins, James Watson, and Francis Crick for their discovery of DNA's structure. The speech...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA contains the instructions to create proteins, but it does not make proteins itself. DNA is located in the nucleus, which it never leaves, while proteins are made...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Erwin Chargaff

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Austrian biochemist and author, Erwin Chargaff, best known for "Chargaff's Rules" which lead to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how genes, sections of the DNA, are formed including descriptions of transcription and translation. It provides links to a video and a test.
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Handout
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Homologies

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.
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Website
Cells Alive

Cells Alive!

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Rosalind Franklin (1920 1958)

For Students 9th - 10th
Access Excellence provides a biography of Rosalind Franklin and her role in explaining DNA's structure.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Translation of Rna to Protein

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The mRNA, which is transcribed from the DNA in the nucleus, carries the directions for the protein-making process. mRNA tells the ribosome how to create a specific...
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Handout
City University of New York

The World of Cells: Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
A good description of the structure and function of the nucleus.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs People and Discoveries: Rosalind Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS People and Discoveries offers an excellent, if brief, sketch of Rosalind Franklin's character and life.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of RNA and its three main types.
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Website
Other

Genome: The Secret of How Life Works

For Students 9th - 10th
Great site to explore. Offers interactive games and quizzes for students. Includes lesson plans for educators as well. Site is available in Spanish if necessary.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
A podcast lesson providing a brief overview of the function of the macromolecules, nucleic acids. [0:38]
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nucleus and Ribosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion in detail of the structure and function of the nucleus and ribosomes of a cell and how they work together in the production of proteins.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Biology: Rna Splicing

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step animation shows how introns are removed during RNA splicing.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: James D. Watson, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of James Dewey Watson who, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1962. Watson was later the first person to lead the Human Genome Project....
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Lesson Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Science of Atoms and Molecules: Nucleic Acids and Proteins

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Through this activity, students work with macromolecules, proteins and nucleic acids. The focus is on the atomic structure of proteins, how linear polymers are made, and the surface charges of the resulting polymers. . Multiple-choice...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Rn Ai: Slicing, Dicing and Serving Your Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
RNA, the genetic messenger, makes sure the DNA recipe gives your cells exactly what they ordered. But sometimes that means inhibiting some other RNA that got the recipe wrong. This process is called RNA interference (RNAi), and it acts...
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Unit Plan
University of Utah

University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Bringing Rna Into View

For Students 9th - 10th
What molecules were involved in the origin of life? This series explores the roles of RNA, DNA, and protein. Special attention is given to RNA because of its ability to perform several tasks necessary for life processes. All of the...
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Website
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Basics and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a clear definition of the science of Genetics, highlighting DNA and genes. There is a neat, easy-to-understand animated tour of the basics and an opportunity to go inside an animated cell. Student can build a DNA...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In ths module, discover the structure of a single nucleotide and how that structure leads to the overall structure of DNA and RNA.
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Primary
Other

Letters of Note: A Most Important Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a letter that Francis Crick wrote to his son shortly before Crick and Watson published their findings about the structure of DNA. In the letter, Crick clearly describes how the double helix structure works.

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