Worksheet
Curated OER

Elements Found in Living Things

For Students 9th - 12th
In this elements worksheet, students review the most common elements found in living things. Students color in two pictures with the percentages of the elements found in that living thing.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

DNA Blueprint for Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students isolate DNA from different food sources. In this biology instructional activity, students research DNA extraction. They analyze DNA stands collected from the lab, and compare the differences between each.
Website
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Tri Nucleotide Repeat

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated animation demonstrating a the DNA replication problem, trinucleotide repeat. Video [1:08]
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Structure of a Nucleotide: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the structure of a nucleotide. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Structure of a Nucleotide."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Structure of a Nucleotide: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the structure of a nucleotide. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Structure of a Nucleotide."
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Nucleoside vs. Nucleotide

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the characteristics of and differences between nucleosides and nucleotides as well as the significance of each in medicine.
Graphic
New York University

Model of the Four Nucleotide Bases in Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
The 3-D model of Cytosine (C), Uracil (U), Adenine (A), and Guanine (G), the four nucleotide bases in RNA. Requires the CHIME plug-in to view the models, or they can be viewed statically in .gif format
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Dna Ii: The Structure of Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the physical structure of DNA. Discussion incorporates the description of the nucleotides, base pairs, and the double helix shape of a DNA molecule. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and...
Activity
Other

Digital World Biology: Blast Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A series where students see how to submit a nucleotide sequence, compare it to other sequences using blastn, and interpret some of the results.
Handout
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps...
Activity
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...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In ths module, discover the structure of a single nucleotide and how that structure leads to the overall structure of DNA and RNA.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Codon Chart

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the workings of the codon translation chart which provides the keys to the structure of amino acids. Includes a widget where one can input a nucleotide triplet combination and see which amino acid it represents. Includes RNA and...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Overview of Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the nucleotide sequence of an mRNA is translated into the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide (protein).
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dna Sequencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the sequence of nucleotide bases (As, Ts, Cs, and Gs) in a piece of DNA is determined.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rna: The Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A website reviewing over the basics of the RNA nucleotide.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: A Gene Is a Sequence of Nucleotides

For Students 9th - 10th
Genes are actually a specific sequence of DNA and they have a clear start and stop. Learn about the discovery and sequencing of genes at this site. This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information,...
Graphic
University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Biotech Adventure: Dna Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
DNA Helix, DNA structure, DNA bases, Nucleotides, strands of DNA, Bonding in DNA, and bonding between bases are the topics delved into in this thorough site.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the structure and function of DNA and RNA, and understand nucleotides and polynucleotides.
Activity
Other

Digital World Biology: Blas Ting Through the Kingdom of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Use BLAST to identify unknown sequences. GenBank contains over 3 million sequences, with over 14 billion nucleotides. BLAST can be used to compare an unknown sequence to all the sequences in the database, and find sequences that match....
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life's Instruction Manual: Interactive Lesson: Unc Tv Science

For Students 9th - 10th
The human genome serves as an instruction manual for life, with its own distinct letters, alphabet, sentences and chapters. Learn about the genome, nucleotides, DNA and genes with this interactive lesson.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Biomolecules: Dna: Dna Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed explanation of DNA's structure and function. Includes illustrations.
Handout
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.
Website
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Problemas De Macromoleculas

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit will look at the most common biological molecules. The objective is for you to become familiar with the structures and properties of sugars, lipids, amino acids and nucleotides.

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