Instructional Video

DNA and RNA - Part 1

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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. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
NGSS: Adaptable
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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
NGSS