Interactive
Curated OER

Passive in Context

For Students 5th - 10th
In this tense worksheet, students read the sentences or phrases and choose which tense they are written in. Students complete 10 problems total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Issues in Genomics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the definition of ethics and genomics. In this organism lesson students participate in the chosen teacher lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cells and Cancer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars idenitfy that cancer is a growth of mutated cells and that cancer cells are only one type of cell that causes disease in our body. They also identify that all eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, cytoskeleton, and a cell...
Interactive
University of Utah

University of Utah: Dna Mircoarray Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lab will enhance learning about DNA by virtually translating a gene.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
At DNA from the Beginning, choose from classical genetics, molecules of genetics, genetic organization and control. Each concept is explained through animation, an image gallery, video interviews, biographies and links.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Dna Words Are Three Letters Long

For Students 9th - 10th
The genetic code is actually the three letter combination of bases that codes for an amino acid. This article describes the discovery of this code. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz...
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Journey Into Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life Web site.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Genetic Variation

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explores the genetic similarities and differences among organisms.
Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Dna to Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how the genetic code on a DNA strands controls what protein is produced with this collection of animations and 3D models. Explore an interactive 3D model of the double helix, watch an animation of transcription, and see the...
Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Cracking the Code of Life [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Biotechnology Institute, in conjunction with a special titled, "Cracking the Code of Life" from NOVA/WGBH television, presents this issue dedicated to explorations of the human genome, one of the most exciting and provocative areas...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Imaging Dna Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the latest imaging methods used to visualize molecular structures and the method of electrophoresis that is used to identify and compare genetic code (DNA). Students should already have basic knowledge of...
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Universal Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore DNA in this tutorial. Learn about its structure, function, and why it is considered the universal code.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dna: The Human Body Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 7th
As a class, learners work through an example showing how DNA provides the "recipe" for making our body proteins. They see how the pattern of nucleotide bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) forms the double helix ladder shape of...
Lesson Plan
Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Dna the Action of Extraction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners extract DNA from wheat germ to learn about how DNA can easily be found in our food.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: One Gene Makes One Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Early research showed that genes code for proteins. This was based on studies using mutant strains of bread mold. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are...
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Early Experiments on the Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about early experiments on the genetic code and answer the follow-up questions.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.4 Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the structure and function of DNA.
Article
Seeker

Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Face Shape Secrets May Lie in 'Junk' Dna

For Students 6th - 8th
Article reports that the secret to differences in face-shape may be found in the non-coding sequences of DNA, also known as "junk" DNA.
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: How to Crack the Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a series of illustrations, learn about the physical carriers of inheritance. Discover facts about DNA, the blueprint of life, and RNA, the blueprint copy.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cracking the Code: Explore a Stretch of Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the makeup and function of genes and genetic code by exploring an actual stretch of human DNA in this activity.
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription Translation: Central Dogma of Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation shows how the DNA genetic code leads to proteins that help us develop and function. [2:51]
Handout
National Institutes of Health

Nih: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Michael Nirenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
Story of Michael Nirenberg and his colleagues deciphering of DNA.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Interactive: Genome

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by DNA Interactive. The genome is the entire endowment of genetic information. It is the "Book of life," on an organism. This site demonstrates the methods used to map and sequence the human genome and to...