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DNA Replication: The Cell's Extreme Team Sport Instructional VideoDNA Replication: The Cell's Extreme Team Sport Instructional Video
Publisher
Amoeba Sisters
Resource Details
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
7:59
Audiences
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Year
2014
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DNA Replication: The Cell's Extreme Team Sport

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Hey Ligase, what have you been up to? Just making ends meet. Watch a video that uses cartoon graphics to teach DNA replication in a clear and concise manner. It begins with the where and when, then covers helicase, primase, DNA polymerase, and ligase, before ending with the leading and lagging strands. 

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Concepts

dna, dna replication, the nucleus, eukaryotes, interphase, enzymes

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Play the DNA game found at the attached link after watching the video
  • Print handouts from the publisher's website to go along with the video

Classroom Considerations

  • The lesson best fits as an introduction to DNA replication
  • The tenth video in a series of 33
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Authors monitor comments for language
  • Video works well in a traditional or flipped classroom

Cons

  • None

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