Instructional Video16:53
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Great Discoveries in Science: The Double Helix

8th - 12th
Take a trip with Watson and Crick as they struggle to determine the structure of the DNA molecule. In this beautiful documentary, biology students learn the history of this revolutionary discovery, and even hear from James Watson...
Instructional Video11:05
Socratica

What Is DNA Structure?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
How does DNA work? Young geneticists see how function follows form with a video from Socratica's playlist that explores biology. The narrator pulls apart the double helix and describes each portion, discusses Chargaff's rule, and...
Instructional Video12:28
Bozeman Science

DNA and RNA - Part 1

9th - 12th Standards
Explore the history of DNA through Griffith, Avery, and Watson and Crick. The narrator of a science video briefly covers how DNA is organized in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. 
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Women in Stem: Prejudice and Progress: Decoding Watson

9th - 10th
Explore Rosalind Franklin's legacy as a pioneering woman in STEM in this media gallery from the American Masters film Decoding Watson. Biologists and historians of science examine the prejudices Franklin faced, how the climate in...