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.
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.
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.
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....
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...
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.
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...
Other
It's All About What's Inside. Classification and the Tree of Life [Pdf]
In this science lesson plan, students look at how animals have traditionally been classified in a tree of life diagram by examining the characteristics of plastic eggs. They then analyze the genetic code assigned for each egg and look...
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.
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.
National Institutes of Health
The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
This resource, established by the National Cancer Institute, deals with the genetic conditions that cause cancer, and are present in cancerous tumors.
National Institutes of Health
Nih: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Michael Nirenberg
Story of Michael Nirenberg and his colleagues deciphering of DNA.
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Variation
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explores the genetic similarities and differences among organisms.
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!
Indiana University
Ensi: Comparison of Human: Chimpanzee Chromosomes Lesson
This is a great lesson plan that combines Karoytypes and evolution. Students will recognize that the chromosomes of chimpanzees and humans are remarkably similar, then correlate that to their evolutionary relationship.
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.
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...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Making a Phylogenetic Tree Lesson Plan
Constructing phylogenetic trees may be a daunting task for students, but this lesson plan is a simulation of what molecular biologists must do to determine relationships. This plan is for students who have a good grasp of DNA structure...
Education Development Center
Education Development Center: How Does Dna Work?
Learning about transcription and translation can be difficult but this animation helps make the processes less confusing. The animation is interactive and it also covers the overall importance of proteins.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: How to Crack the Code
Through a series of illustrations, learn about the physical carriers of inheritance. Discover facts about DNA, the blueprint of life, and RNA, the blueprint copy.