Young scholars compare and contrast the structure of RNA and DNA.They summarize the process of transcription and translation. The lesson uses an inquiry model and the use of codes in DNA.

Learners explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets on...

In this cell structure learning exercise, students review the structure and function of eukaryotic cells. Students also compare and contrast an animal cell with a plant cell. This learning exercise has 15 fill in the blank, 8 true or...

In this word search activity, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.

In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.

Students examine the positive benefits and negative consequences of genetically modified organisms following a lecture covering key biotech concepts and techniques. Students then conduct and experiment comparing the travel rate of...

Students use research to see how eight pairs of triplets are equivalent to part of a gene and control a part of heredity. They also understand how red blood corpuscles manufacture normal hemoglobin.

In this endocrine system worksheet, students compare and contrast the glands associated with this body system plus review the four major classes of hormones. This worksheet has 25 fill in the blank statements.

Most structural components of the cell are made up, at least in part, by proteins and virtually all the functions that a cell carries out are completed with the help of proteins. This site explains protein synthesis, including that of...

At this site download and read Severo Ochoa's Nobel Lecture entitled "Enzymatic synthesis of ribonucleic acid," which was originally given December 11, 1959. Lecture is available in pdf format.

Read about the 1959 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology -- Severo Ochoa -- who contributed to the "discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribobucleic acid."

Read about phenylketonuria and the tests used to diagnose it in those who might have inherited this recessive trait.

This site provides an overview of the role of energy in chemical reactions.

This site from Ohio State University provides a good outline of the process of replicating DNA. The outline contains a numerous amount of embedded vocabulary links, illustrations of the process and also review questions and solutions.

Discusses the structure of the matrix inside a mitochondrion and how hundreds of concentrated enzymes are held there. The matrix takes part in mitochondrial functions such as the Krebs cycle, the electron transport chain, ATP synthesis,...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and function of proteins.

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.