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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at protein synthesis in words and pictures. This website discusses the processes of replication, transcription, and translation. Also covered is Beadle and Tatum research that explains that one gene codes for one polypeptide....
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Protein Synthesis by Cindy Kim

For Students 9th - 10th
Go through this "tour" on protein synthesis to learn about translation (3rd page). Good graphics and the codon lookup table help in understanding the information.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Protein Synthesis, Part 1: Transcription

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will cover the process of transcription and its role in protein synthesis.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Building a Protein

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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)....
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Protein Synthesis, Part 2: Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson goes into greater depth on the translation portion of protein synthesis. Specifically, it covers the basics of translation, codons, and stages of translation - initiation and elongation and termination.
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Nature Research

Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Translation involves translating the language of nucleotides to the language of amino acids. During this activity, translation in protein synthesis is explored along...
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Start Codon

For Students 9th - 10th
A start codon is a nucleotide triplet in a genetic sequence that occurs at the start of a protein's synthesis. Read about how this works and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Gene Translation: Rna to Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good description of the process of translation with a good graphic to go along with it. Includes a chart classifying all of the RNA Codons.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Is a Stop Codon?

For Students 9th - 10th
A stop codon is a nucleotide triplet in messenger RNA that signals the end of a protein during the translation process. Read about how this works, the different types of stop codons, and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how genetic code links groups of nucleotides in an mRNA to amino acids in a protein. Also learn about start codons, stop codons, and reading frame.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Codons: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce codons, and describe how they are used in protein synthesis. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Codons."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Codons: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce codons, and describe how they are used in protein synthesis. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Codons."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: T Rn as and Ribosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about structure and roles of transfer RNAs and ribosomes including codons, anticodons, and wobble. Also find out about Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Nucleic Acids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Online activity covers the structure and function of nucleic acids. Students will learn about nucleotides, the different types of nitrogenous bases, and the...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Translation: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the process of translation is used to create proteins from RNA. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Translation."
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
For the section including translation, go to "the genetic code" chapter in the table of contents. This explanation includes diagrams and illustrations as well as a codon code table.
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University of Maryland

Univ. Of Maryland: Master of Chemical and Life Sciences: Dna Bracelets [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a bead-bracelet simulation, construct a sequence of amino acids. Then, discover the effects of silent, point, and frameshift mutations.

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