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Curated OER

Sci-Fi/Biotech Video Worksheets

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students watch two commercial films which portray an historical perspective and possible uses of biotechnology in order to better understand the vocabulary and techniques involved in genetic engineering.
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Curated OER

DNA the Easy Way (and "Gram Stain" Without the Mess)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners visualize DNA from cells and explain the basis and importance of the Gram-stain reaction and to perform the KOH test equivalent.
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Curated OER

Ladders of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the field of genetics. They examine four basic traits. Students demonstrate their knowledge of phenotype and genotype by charting their personal traits. Students compelte a Meiosis chart. From the chart results,...
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Curated OER

Social Studies: The Black West

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils assess the influence of African Americans in the western United States from the sixteenth century to the present. They examine the Black-Spanish heritage, slavery and freedom on the frontier, along with African American...
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Curated OER

What is the Relationship Between DNA and Cancer?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the structure and functions of DNA. They discover the effects radon has on one's DNA and how it leads to cancer. They discuss why DNA is so important to us.
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Curated OER

DNA and RNA

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research the history and discovery of DNA. Using their text, they label a basic DNA structure and the composition of genes. They explain how RNA and DNA differ from one other and discuss the processes of transcription and...
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Curated OER

Teaching Biotechnology With Models

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to biotechnology by using models. The teacher uses A Sourcebook of Biotechnology Activities, Rasmussen and Matheson project co directors. One of the activities in the book is: students use a scale models to very...
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Curated OER

CONSTRUCTION OF A HEMOGLOBIN GENE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use research to see how eight pairs of triplets are equivalent to part of a gene and control a part of heredity. They also understand how red blood corpuscles manufacture normal hemoglobin.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Reversed Double Helix by Takashi Murakami

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource about the sculpture Reversed Double Helix by Takashi Murakami. Includes an image of the sculpture, a suggested art activity in text and audio, links for more information about the sculpture and artist as well as a link to "Do...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The Dna Double Helix Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students can watch a video, read some informational text and key vocabulary terms, and answer review questions about the structure of DNA.
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California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Double Helix Nebula

For Students 9th - 10th
The Double Helix Nebula, captured in this space telescope image, features a variety of red giants and red supergiants. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
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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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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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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Dna Ii: The Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the physical structure of DNA. Discussion incorporates the description of the nucleotides, base pairs, and the double helix shape of a DNA molecule. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science: Francis Crick Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information about Francis Crick as well as access to an archival collection of his papers, letters, photographs, and notes, including those related to the discovery of the double helix.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dna Build

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Dna to Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how the genetic code on a DNA strands controls what protein is produced with this collection of animations and 3D models. Explore an interactive 3D model of the double helix, watch an animation of transcription, and see the...
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dna Structure and Function: Decoding Watson

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how the structure of DNA relates to its hereditary function in these videos from the American Masters film Decoding Watson. The first video, "DNA Structure and Function," [2:07] can be used with all middle and high school...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Double Helix Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
A vertical image of a DNA double helix.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule, Dna Unzip

For Students 9th - 10th
The DNA double helix contains two sequences of nucleotide code letters than run along the molecule. Untwist the spiral and DNA can be seen as two parallel strands. That's why its sometimes called the double helix. Unzip the strands and...
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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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Other

National Center for Biotechnology Education: Dna50: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a timeline which describes the discovery of the DNA double helix model in the early part of the 1950s.
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Other

National Center for Biotechnology Education: Dna50: Dna50 Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the history of DNA and the discovery of the double helix model in this twenty-question trivia quiz.

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