Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Science of Atoms and Molecules: Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Through this activity, students work with macromolecules, proteins and nucleic acids. The focus is on the atomic structure of proteins, how linear polymers are made, and the surface charges of the resulting polymers. . Multiple-choice...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Twenty Amino Acids
Humans need amino acids to exist. Click on each of the necessary twenty listed to see their molecular structures and learn what type they are.
Other
Institute of Chemistry: Amino Acids
Clickable list of links to descriptions and models of 20 amino acids, including classification and structure.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Dna and Proteins
Explore the convept that DNA and proteins are key molecules of the cell nucleus.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Acids in Proteins
The first thing you might be asking is, "What is an amino acid?" There are more than fifty, and each one of them is a little different. Amino acids are used in every cell of your body to build the proteins you need to survive. All...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression
This lesson focuses on how genes, sections of the DNA, are formed including descriptions of transcription and translation. It provides links to a video and a test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Structure and Function of Globular Proteins
The structure of a machine's parts in relation to one another and the proper functioning of the machine itself, applies not just to the machines is, but also to the ones at work inside our bodies. These molecular machines, called...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Proteins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the structure and role of proteins.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Homocystinuria and Its Associate Treatments
Read the passage "Homocystinuria and Its Associate Treatments," and complete the related five-question quiz.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Building a Protein
This hands-on activity is an assessment of the students understanding of peptide and disulfide bonds formed during protein synthesis, and the structure of an amino acid (R-group plus the common structure that all amino acids share)....
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 3 B: Chemical Structure and Reactivity
A collection of video lectures from a chemical structure and reactivity course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches conjunction, aromatic theory, carbonyl compounds, carbohydrates, amines, carboxylic acid....
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Exploring Protein 3 D Structure
Build proteins from amino acid components. View the components of a protein (elements, amino acids) in different colors and zoom into several amino acids to understand how they link together to make a larger structure.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Dna Dry Lab
This lab illustrates how the order of nucleotides in DNA determines the order of amino acids in proteins. Relates DNA function to that of RNAand provides an exercise to demonstrate how mutations may occur. Includes a lesson plan and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The DNA sequence contains the instructions to place units called amino acids into a specific order. When these amino acid are assembled in that specific order,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dietary Supplements for Building Up Muscles
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz pertaining to dietary supplements for building up muscles.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Lydia E. Kavraki: Protein Folding
This module introduces students to the problem of Protein Folding, its importance, and current computational methods used to attack its complexity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Proteins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and function of proteins.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Protein Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The structure and function of proteins.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Proteins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about the structures and function of proteins and how we get protein in our diet.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This module states and explains the central dogma of molecular biology which was conceived by Francis Crick.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Browsing Biochemistry
Here you can learn about biochemistry, the chemistry of the living world. Content explores carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid structure and proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, and metabolism.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Animal Organization Digestion Aqa
This lesson focuses on the structures of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids including defining terms, a brief discussion of what they do, and diagrams of each. It also provides a link to a test.
University of Arizona
Ua: Large Molecules Problem Set
Understandable lessons about numerous aspects about the composition, function, and interactions of proteins. Each starts with an interactive quiz and links to a tutorial.
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.