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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is a Chromosome?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Defines chromosomes, what they are made of, their structure, different types, and chromatids.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Rosalind Franklin: Dna's Unsung Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick, two of the scientists who won the Nobel prize for...
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Rasmol & Chime

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Massachusetts links to downloadable freeware (Rasmol and CHIME) which are required to view 3-D images common on organic chemistry tutorials.
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Website
University of California

Ucmp: The Biosphere: Life on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different forms of life that coexist with us on Earth. This Berkeley article provides links to brief write-ups on the three domains of living organisms: Eukaryota, Bacteria, and Archaea.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Purines and Pyrimidines

For Students 9th - 10th
Purines and pyrimidines are nucleotides. Their properties are described here and their differences are highlighted. Includes examples of each.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Is a Stop Codon?

For Students 9th - 10th
A stop codon is a nucleotide triplet in messenger RNA that signals the end of a protein during the translation process. Read about how this works, the different types of stop codons, and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Start Codon

For Students 9th - 10th
A start codon is a nucleotide triplet in a genetic sequence that occurs at the start of a protein's synthesis. Read about how this works and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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Curated OER

Polynucleotide

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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Curated OER

Adenosine

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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Curated OER

James Watson

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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Curated OER

Francis Crick

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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Curated OER

Adenine

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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Curated OER

Guanine

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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Curated OER

Cytosine

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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Curated OER

Thymine

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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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Eukaryotic Pre M Rna Processing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the role of the chemical groups on the ends of the pre-mRNA called the 5' cap and poly-A tail. Also learn about splicing, introns, and exons.
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Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Transcription

For Students 9th - 10th
Decent text based description of transcription. Good background.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Unit 5: Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lists vocabulary terms associated with the structure, function, and replication of DNA.
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Unit Plan
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cell Biology Project at the University of Arizona provides an explanation of mitosis, DNA basics, diagrams and a practice exercise.
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Other

Society for General Microbiology: Bacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
Bacteria are single celled microbes. The cell structure is simpler than that of other organisms as there is no nucleus or membrane bound organelles. Instead their control centre containing the genetic information is contained in a single...
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New York University

Model of the Four Nucleotide Bases in Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
The 3-D model of Cytosine (C), Uracil (U), Adenine (A), and Guanine (G), the four nucleotide bases in RNA. Requires the CHIME plug-in to view the models, or they can be viewed statically in .gif format
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Metabolism and Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How organisms get energy and replicate.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Metabolism and Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How organisms get energy and replicate.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rna: The Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A website reviewing over the basics of the RNA nucleotide.

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