Students become familiar with coal as an energy source and how it is mined.  In this coal lesson, students research the effects of coal mining on the environment. Students discuss the various problems associated with coal mining....

Students investigate the use of technology in order to identify different sequences of amino acids by using online web tools. They enhance problem solving skills with amino acid identification skills and strengthening comfort with using...

Students complete experiments on antibiotics and antimicrobials. In groups, they explain how antibiotics affect the evolution of microorganisms. They test various types of bacteria to discover how much resistance they have to antibiotics.

Students see how patterns can reveal events of the past, thereby merging elements of both experimental and historical science.

Young scholars, in groups, classify furniture, share their categories and rationales, then note how their different schemes vary, perfectly logical and useful, but completely arbitrary.

Students make a starch-glucose solution and pour it through gel in order to separate the starch from the glucose. They examine how starch is a larger molecule than glucose and test for the presence of these substances using other...

Young scholars make and use observations of Laetoli footprints to provide clues to life in the past. They collect and analyze data to study the relationship between foot length and body height.

Students investigate genomic research being done and its potential for understanding, treating, and possibly curing human genetic conditions. The potential of proteomic research as a companion to the work being done with genomics is...

Learners explore the spherical protoplasts of plants. Students observe that plant cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall. Learners plasma membranes, solutes and organelles.

Students perform computer simulations on air dispersion. In this chemistry lesson plan, students calculate energy transfer based on specific heat and temperature change. They explain the causes of smog.

Students participate in an activity of a mock electrophoresis using paper chromatography to study DNA and genetic restriction mapping.

This video lesson is designed for Class 12 Biology (India). This video lesson explains the central dogma of molecular biology, as explained by Watson and Crick.

This lesson plan involves comparison of amino acids to create a phylogenetic tree of primates. Students will also use other species information to draw conclusions about evolutionary relationships.

An organized directory showcasing cell and molecular animations for use in high school biology classrooms.

Understand why the central dogma of molecular biology is amino acids with this video. [9:53]

Paul Andersen explains the two major portions of the molecular biology lab in AP Biology. He starts by discussing the process of transformation. He explains how you can use the pGLO plasmid to produce glowing E. coli bacteria. He then...

Paul Andersen explains the major procedures in molecular biology. He starts with a brief description of Taq polymerase extracted from the hot pools of Yellowstone Park. He then uses the analogy of the ransom note to explain each of the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Set to dramatic music, this captioned video shows a graphical representation of the transcription of DNA to proteins. [10:46]

Learn the basics of the molecular structure of RNA in this video. Video discusses structure as well as compares the structure of RNA vs. DNA. [11:29]

A video discussing the molecular structure of glucose. Learn how the structure can be linear and ring shaped. [9:18]

Learn about the molecular structure of RNA. [11:30]

Learn the molecular structure of DNA including the nucleotide, nitrogenous base, and phosphate. [13:00]

Look at the molecular structure of DNA. Investigate nucleotides, nitrogenous bases, and phosphates. [13:00]

Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe. Learn about water's molecular structure, cohesion and adhesion, the life of Henry Cavendish, and many more significant aspects of life's...