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PBS

Pbs: Nova Labs: The Rna Origin of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the RNA world hypothesis through short animations, informational text, and interactive questions in this virtual lab.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Nova: Rna Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Play the role of a molecular engineer by solving RNA folding puzzles. Then take these new skills to Eterna, and design RNAs that could be at the heart of future life-saving therapies.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Dna, Rna, and Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online mini-course learners distinguish between the structure, functions, and processes involved with DNA and RNA.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson presents how the structure and function of nucleic acids pertain to living things. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Structure and Function of Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids."
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.6 Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the structure and function of RNA in the body.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Dna, Rna, and Protein: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this quick, five question comprehension check over DNA, RNA, and protein. Each question has a hint available, as well as a self-checking feature.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Rna Was the First Genetic Molecule

For Students 9th - 10th
RNA is now considered to be the first molecule that could transmit information. This article looks at the scientists and experiments that developed this idea. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and...
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Maurice Wilkins Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Maurice Wilkins Nobel Lecture "The molecular configuration of nucleic acids." This lecture, originally given December 11, 1961, is available in pdf format.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Browsing Biochemistry

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn about biochemistry, the chemistry of the living world. Content explores carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid structure and proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, and metabolism.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Proteins and Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
This information can be used for exam review or as an introduction. It presents a good overview of the topics with charts, graphs, links, and a quiz.
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Unit Plan
University of Arizona

Biology Project: Nucleic Acids (Tutorial 3)

For Students 9th - 10th
The turorial for a question from the site's online quiz, this one deals with the direction of relpication at the replication fork.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Dna Dry Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab illustrates how the order of nucleotides in DNA determines the order of amino acids in proteins. Relates DNA function to that of RNAand provides an exercise to demonstrate how mutations may occur. Includes a lesson plan and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Macromolecules of Life: The Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a tour of the four basic biological macromolecules structure and function in this tutorial. Learn about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Chemical Digestion/absorption: A Closer Look

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module, find out the locations and primary secretions involved in the chemical digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
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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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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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Graphic
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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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
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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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Chemistry Ii: Water and Organic Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Online biology textbook discussing the chemical nature of water, and the importance of its molecular structure to life. Also discusses at length the organic molecules nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Tree of Life's Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive activity where you can zoom in to explore the macromolecules present in organisms. Learn about proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acid as you investigate the molecular structure of these types of macromolecules....
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Website
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Molecular Level of Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the four categories of biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids in this resource.
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Unit Plan
John Wiley & Sons

Concepts in Biochemistry: Structure Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore the Biochemistry topic of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). Topics examined are DNA replication, cloning, and fingerprinting. The resource consists of articles and animations and culminating questions.

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