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Concord Consortium

DNA to Protein

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Starting from a view of cells, a constructive simulation shows every step of building a new protein. It walks through transcription, translation, building amino acids, and folding the protein. Viewers control if it plays as a video or...
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Concord Consortium

Mutations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Are some mutations more damaging than others? An engaging simulation encourages scholars to alter DNA through insertion, deletion, and substitution. It then forms resulting amino acids—or not—and the resulting protein—or not—depending on...
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Curated OER

Biotechnology

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The intricate details of DNA structure and the double helix are covered in this presentation. Many details about chemical behavior are also explained which will help your students review DNA.  Many of the slides are summaries and...
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Curated OER

AP: Chapter 26: Origin of Life

For Students 9th - 12th
Five pages take biologists on a generalized survey of the origin of life. Queries are made regarding theories of how life developed, ancient Earth conditions, and the ever-changing field of taxonomy. The experiments of different...
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Curated OER

BJU Life Science 6 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
Your standard word search activity, this worksheet uses terms specific to the concept of cell reproduction such as cytokinesis, meiosis, and transfer RNA. There are 24 terms to find in this activity but the online interactive nature of...
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Curated OER

Protein Factory

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine protein synthesis and how DNA is transcribed.   In this investigative lesson students play a role in the messenger RNA when it creates nucleotides. 
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Curated OER

DNA, Protein Synthesis and Mutations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the chemical composition of DNA and RNA and how they work together to synthesize protein. They discover genetic codes, gene chromosome theory, and how the environment influences our appearance.
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Curated OER

From Gene to Protein ~ Transcription and Translation

For Students 7th - 12th
Translate the process of protein synthesis to your molecular biologists with this instructional activity. It consists of reading, completing a table as a summary, comprehension questions, and a modeling activity for both transcription...
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Curated OER

Control of Prokaryotic (Bacterial) Genes

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
A nicely formatted set of slides that logically follow and define the structure and function of the genes in Bacteria. The repressor proteins and other gene regulators are listed and diagrams support the explanations of their function on...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Stem Cells and Diabetes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate stem cells. In this science lesson, students discuss stem cells and view a video about human embryonic development. Students conduct the pulse-chase.
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Curated OER

Gene Action/Mutation Worksheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define the following terms: mutation, mutagen and give examples of how they work. They also define and illustrate a point mutation. Students define and illustrate a frame shift mutation and name two types of frame shift...
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Curated OER

DNA - The Double Helix

For Students 9th - 12th
In this DNA worksheet, students read information about DNA and messenger RNA. Then students complete 16 short answer questions and color 2 images.
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Curated OER

Gel Electrophoresis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct a variety of experiments to explore gel electrophoresis. In this biology instructional activity, explain how this process separate DNA and RNA. They discuss the practical applications of this method.
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Curated OER

The Four Groups of Biologically Important Compounds

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This is not they typical set of teacher instructions. It is an organized chart of the important organic compounds. For each, the involved elements, the name of the building block monomers, the names of polymers, extra information, and a...
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Biology Junction

Biochemistry Crossword

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biochemistry worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle with 36 questions. They identify different polymers and functional groups.
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Curated OER

DNA Transcribed

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this DNA worksheet, students describe how the cell stores all of the data needed to produce the required proteins for the body. Then they describe the ribosomes division and how is attaches itself to RNA and makes protein by forming...
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Biology Junction

Macromolecules

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In chemistry, organic means something contains a carbon base. A helpful presentation starts by defining macromolecules as large organic carbon molecules. Scholars answer questions about each topic on the associated worksheet. It covers...
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

A Gene Is a Discrete Sequence of DNA Nucleotides

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Frederick Sanger won two Nobel prizes for protein sequencing and DNA sequencing. Young scientists learn about Dr. Sanger's research and amazing discoveries. They read an article and a biography, view videos and animations, and apply...
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Science 4 Inquiry

The Monster Mash

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scientists create monsters by applying their knowledge of transcription and translation. They randomly find the DNA, assign it a codon, and build monsters piece by piece. 
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Curated OER

Protein Factory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the steps of protein synthesis before acting out the process as a class. They are assigned specific roles and receive an instruction card and get materials listed in order to perform their role. Students switch roles...
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Curated OER

Protein Synthesis

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this science related worksheet, students study, locate and answer ten multiple choice questions dealing with protein synthesis.
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Curated OER

Scientist Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers envision the work of a research scientist, and the relationship between molecular biology and medicine. This activity allows students to imagine themselves working as research scientists by asking them to complete the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading the Code

For Students 9th - 12th
For this DNA worksheet, students access a website to read about the scientists who make significant contributions to the DNA puzzle. Students complete 7 short answer questions based on the reading. Then students complete 3 short answer...
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Curated OER

How Genes Work Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define the key terms that are the structure and function of DNA. In this genetics lesson students complete a lab activity in which they construct a model DNA structure.

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