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Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: The Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a basic animation of how DNA is structured.
Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the importance of DNA with this library of information on nucleic acid structure and function. Understand the structure and function of DNA by exploring topics in the chemical structure of DNA, organization of DNA...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Nucleic Acids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and function of nucleic acids.
Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Wolf Pack in a Bottle: Dna Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan can be used to illustrate the principle of electrophoresis without the equipment. Paper chromatography can be used to separate dye just like electrophoresis will separate DNA. The lab also covers DNA analysis for an...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Triple Helix

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of how the triple-helix DNA model was a precursor to the accepted double-helix model of our DNA. [0:27]
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Chargaff's Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about base pairing in DNA, and how the ratios of adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine are equal. [0:47]
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dna Base Pairs O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand DNA bases A, T, G, and C.
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University of Arizona

Biology Project: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial: Dna Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial on DNA basics that goes along with an online quiz over the material. Use the naviagation buttons at the bottom of the page to go to the quiz over the material.
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Dna and Molecular Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Microscopic images, detailed information, and illustrated diagrams help explain DNA and molecular genetics in this college-level textbook.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Virus Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
View a colorful 3-D diagrams of viruses and learn about how their structure helps them infect plants, animals, and bacteria.
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Other

World of Molecules: 3 D Structure Files

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the three-dimensional structure of various molecules- both organic and inorganic.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: The Rna Message Is Sometimes Edited

For Students 9th - 10th
The discovery that mRNA is not an exact copy of the DNA is the topic of this section from the DNA Learning Center. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dna Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
A 3D computer generated model of humans DNA structure. The double helix image labels base pairs, diameter, major and minor grooves.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Microbiology: Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the structure and coding of DNA, how it replicates, and the role it plays at the cellular level. Looks at past and current research on DNA, and applications of this research. (Published: September 25, 2010)
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Biology Animation Library: Dolan Dna Learning Center

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step animation shows how introns are removed during RNA splicing.
Interactive
Yale University

Yale University Center for Structural Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an excellent resource on the research and graduate studies programs in the field of biophysics.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discovery of the Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the structure of DNA double helix and how it was discovered. Learn about the work of Chargaff, Watson and Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin.
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: How Dna Is Packaged Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
An animated tutorial showing how each chromosome consists of one continuous thread-like molecule of DNA coiled tightly around proteins. [1:42]
Lesson Plan
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Making a Phylogenetic Tree Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Classic Experiments: Dna as the Genetic Material

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the experiments by Frederick Griffith, Oswald Avery, Alfred Hershey, and Martha Chase that led to the discovery of DNA as the genetic material.
Handout
PBS

Nova: Picturing the Molecules of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Retrace the development of our knowledge of nucleic acids by viewing pictures of nucleic acids (both DNA and RNA) taken in 1952, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984 and 2001.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the structure and role of nucleic acids.
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BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Life Chemistry Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Two multiple-choice quizzes, one on the processes and types of biological molecules, the other on the structure and replication of DNA.
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Other

Molecule of the Month: Dna (Java)

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site that begins with the background and branches into the structure, function and applications of technology. This version of the page requires Java, and should open some applets that allow you to see the structures in 3-D.

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