Explore the history of DNA through Griffith, Avery, and Watson and Crick. The narrator of a science video briefly covers how DNA is organized in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. 

Concepts

deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid, watson and crick, the double helix

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have scholars explore Wilkins, Chargaff, or Franklin's research and contribution to the structure of DNA

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a computer, Internet access, and a way to project the video
• Video assumes learners understand base pairs
• Part one of two videos on RNA/DNA
• The seventh in a series of 31

Pros

• Includes links to a concept map, slideshow, and review worksheet
• Interesting history of DNA and research done regarding concepts we know today

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.11-12.4