National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Dna Sequencing (Dry Lab Activity)
This site is an advanced level hands-on activity to explain the Di-deoxy sequencing of DNA.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Dna and Verdicts
Part of a site on genetics, this page explores DNA as a forensic science. Explains how and why DNA can be used to convict or acquit a criminal from wrongdoing using forensic DNA analysis. Teacher resources too.
Carnegie Mellon University
Chem Collective: Dna Binding Dyes Scenario
This activity explores the equilibrium of dyes that self-assemble into DNA templates. Students use knowledge of equilibrium and quantitative spectroscopy to explore different dyes that bind selectively to DNA molecules. In this activity,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Genomic Dna Isolation: From Human Cheek Cells
In this lab activity students isolate genomic DNA from their own cheek cells. They then remove the DNA from those cheek cells through a laboratory process.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Dna Mircoarray Virtual Lab
This interactive lab will enhance learning about DNA by virtually translating a gene.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library:garden Lesson Plans: Fruit Salad Hold the Dna, Please [Pdf]
After learning about DNA and how it is used in crime scene analysis, young scholars take part in a lab activity where they extract DNA from ripened fruit.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Dna Binding Problem
In this activity, students explore equilibrium constants in biochemical systems by measuring the binding constant of a DNA-Dye reaction.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Determining Reactants and Products in a Solution of Dna
In this limiting reagents problem, students are given specific concentrations of DNA solutions and are asked to predict what products and reactants will remain after a specific volumes are mixed and reaction has occurred.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Dna in a Blender
Follow these illustrated instructions to conduct a simple experiment in separating DNA from an onion!
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Biology: Unit 3: Cell Structure
In this third unit of a Biology course, students learn about cells and cell structure. They compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learn about the specialized structures in a cell and what their functions are. They will also learn...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Gel Electrophoresis
Simulate the process of gel electrophoresis with this interactive animation. It's a rather detailed and engaging activity.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: From Gene to Protein Transcription and Translation
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...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Biotech
Simulations of common biotechnology techniques performed in a laboratory setting. Learn how to complete these techniques and what task they are used for in the lab.