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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Intro to Gene Expression (Central Dogma)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how genes in DNA can provide instructions for proteins. Understand the central dogma of molecular biology: DNA, RNA, protein.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: How to Crack the Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a series of illustrations, learn about the physical carriers of inheritance. Discover facts about DNA, the blueprint of life, and RNA, the blueprint copy.
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Lesson Plan
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: From Gene to Protein Transcription and Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Dragon Genetics II lab along with links to download Student Handouts in PDF and Word formats, and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF format. Students use paper models to learn transcription...
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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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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Overview of Transcription

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the process of transcription, where the DNA sequence of a gene is transcribed to make an RNA molecule.
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Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
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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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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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Website
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Interactive: Manipulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Once the code was discovered, how could DNA be manipulated, what tools would be needed to make use of DNA. These are some questions answered in this interactive website.
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Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Introduction to Dna Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial on the structure of DNA. Meant as a companion to a biology course, a grasp of basic DNA terminology is essential for the reader.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: The Northern Blot vs. Southern Blot Technique

For Students 9th - 10th
The Northern blot and the Southern blot are two methods used to analyze DNA and RNA. Each technique is described, its purpose, and the methodology. A table comparing features of each is provided.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Transcription Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, illustrated article describing DNA transcription in detail from the preinitiation stage to termination.
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Cycles: The Phosphorus Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the significance of phosphorus in regards to living organisms. An explanation of the phosphorus cycle is discussed in different scenarios.
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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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Handout
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Genotype and Phenotype

For Students 9th - 10th
In this informative site, you will find the definition of genotype and phenotype, an explanation of the relationship between genotype and phenotype, an example of a genetic trait, an explanation of the flow of information from DNA to...
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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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Unit Plan
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Problemas Sobre Expression Genica en Eucariotas

For Students 9th - 10th
With these series of problems presented here you can study the gene expression in eukaryotes, including topics such as post-transcriptional modifications, mRNA synthesis and RNA-DNA hybridization. The correct answers have a brief...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
A website giving information on protein synthesis and the key players, RNA. Learn about the three types of RNA and how they work together to make proteins with instructions from DNA.
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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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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Transcription: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the process of transcription is used to create RNA, complementary to a cell's DNA. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Transcription."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Transcription: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the process of transcription is used to create RNA, complementary to a cell's DNA. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Transcription."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the central dogma of molecular biology.
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Website
Other

Oregon State University: Barleyworld

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about barley that contains a list on the left with a link to a page about the North American Barley Genome Project.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 13.9 Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the process of reading the mRNA code in the ribosome to make a protein during translation.