Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Genome Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
The LBN Laboratory uses the data generated by the Human Genome Project to actually map the genes within the decoded genome.
Website
US Department of Energy

Doe: Joint Genome Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
This Department of Energy site has up-to-date information and statistics on the progress of all JGI genome sequencing projects.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
[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.
Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This link has many tools to help understand the revolutionary sciences and discoveries in genetics.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Immunology: Eukaryotic Gene Expression Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Students have the opportunity to work through a problem set over Eukaryotic genes. Correct answers are reinforced with a brief explanation. Incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.8 Transcription

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand process of constructing an mRNA molecule from DNA is known as transcription.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Molecular Targets of Antiretroviral Therapies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz related to the viral life cycle and antiretroviral therapies for HIV/AIDS.
Handout
Other

Human Genome Sequencing Center (Baylor College of Med)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents information about the human genome sequencing project and has links to other genome projects besides the Human Genome Project.
Handout
City University of New York

Bio Lab Module: Breaking the Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces the genetic code and how to read it.
Interactive
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: A Tour of the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine having a microscopic camera so small that you could travel inside a cell. This interactive site allows you to do just that. Click on any one of eight individual parts of the cell--cell membrane, nucleus, DNA, RNA, ribosome,...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage briefly explaining how a mutation in DNA and RNA can cause the wrong protein to be synthesized. Understand that DNA & RNA are long string of nucleotides that codes protein. The mutations shown include deletion, duplication,...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Features of All Forms of Life: Lesson 2

For Students 6th - 9th
This lesson presents the features that are common among all forms of living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Common Features of All Forms of Life."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Features of All Forms of Life: Lesson 3

For Students 6th - 9th
This lesson presents the features that are common among all forms of living things. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Common Features of All Forms of Life."