Curated OER
Family Medical History Pedigree
Students research his/her family medical history and produce a pedigree with information.
Curated OER
Sex-Linked Genes and Disorders
In this genes worksheet, learners determine how the gender of a baby is produced plus explore sex-linked disorders such as hemophilia. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank and 8 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Genome Interactions
In this genome interactions worksheet, students read the passage about genome interactions then apply the knowledge to answer several short answer questions.
Curated OER
Born of Blood: Inheritance of Blood Types
Students examine inheritance of blood types. In the chromosome lesson, students create a model of chromosome and predict the blood type of offspring.
Curated OER
Case of the Threespine Stickleback
Pupils examine why some freshwater populations of stickleback fish. In this macroevolution lesson plan students read a study packet then answer questions.
Curated OER
Nutrient Biochemistry
For this nutrient biochemistry worksheet, students complete the blanks with information about nucleic acids and the process. Students also draw a figure referenced in the text given.
Curated OER
Cells and Cancer
Students idenitfy that cancer is a growth of mutated cells and that cancer cells are only one type of cell that causes disease in our body. They also identify that all eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, cytoskeleton, and a cell...
Curated OER
The Living Environment
Ninth graders study the work of Alice Huang and complete activities on mutations. In this investigative lesson students complete several activities and discuss their findings at the end.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Francis Crick Nobel Lecture: On the Genetic Code
Read Francis Harry Compton Crick's Nobel Lecture entitled "On the Genetic Code," which was originally given by Crick December 11, 1962.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Genetic Code
Learn how genetic code links groups of nucleotides in an mRNA to amino acids in a protein. Also learn about start codons, stop codons, and reading frame.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Code
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces the genetic code and how to read it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Genetic Code
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you go from four letters to 20 amino acids? You need a code. This module introduces the genetic code and how to read it, defines codon and reading frame, and...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Universal Genetic Code
Explore DNA in this tutorial. Learn about its structure, function, and why it is considered the universal code.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Experiments on the Genetic Code
Read a passage about early experiments on the genetic code and answer the follow-up questions.
Other
Evidence for Evolution: Genetic Code
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. In this section: the universal genetic code provides evidence that life has a common ancestor.
City University of New York
Bio Lab Module: Breaking the Genetic Code
Try this interactive module from the Brooklyn College to help understand the genetic code and how changes in the code effect the final protein product.
Other
Genome British Columbia: Science 10 Life Science: Genetics
This PowerPoint presentation gives a very detailed look at the science of genetics and some of the ethical and social considerations from biotechnical applications of genetics.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Cracking the Code: Explore a Stretch of Code
Investigate the makeup and function of genes and genetic code by exploring an actual stretch of human DNA in this activity.
Concord Consortium
The Molecular Logic Database: Mutations: Changing the Genetic Code
Students will learn about the different types of mutations and how they work. They will compare the effect of these different types of mutations in DNA, including nucleotide substitution, nucleotide insertion, and nucleotide deletion....
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Dna Words Are Three Letters Long
The genetic code is actually the three letter combination of bases that codes for an amino acid. This article describes the discovery of this code. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Variation
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explores the genetic similarities and differences among organisms.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Cracking the Code of Life [Pdf]
The Biotechnology Institute, in conjunction with a special titled, "Cracking the Code of Life" from NOVA/WGBH television, presents this issue dedicated to explorations of the human genome, one of the most exciting and provocative areas...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: The Human Genome Project, a Decade Later
This article reviews advances made by medical researchers since the complete mapping of the human genetic code ten years earlier. Although the expectation then had been that cures could be found for many diseases based on this new...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Genetic Code
[Free Registration/Login Required] Synthesize a protein by dragging the amino acids to the corresponding codon on the mRNA segment. You will need a sign-in to access this interactive but it will be well worth your time!