- DNA discovery timeline : an interactive (dnai.org)
- Manipulating DNA: finding structure, DNA replication, transcription and translation activities (dnai.org)
- Exploreng the genome (dnai.org)
- DNA extraction virtual lab
- Protein synthesis online lab (NOVA)
- A PDF with series of online labs on DNA replication, transcription, translation and extraction
- Transcription animation: Basic and Advanced (hhmi.org)
- Translation animation: Basic and Advanced (hhmi.org)
- Regulation of eukaryotic DNA transcription (hhmi.org)
- DNA mutations virtual lab: point and frameshift
- Series of interactive online activities for transcription and translation (PBS)
- Role of DNA and RNA in protein synthesis: Virtual lab (Glencoe)
- DNA to protein 1 : Activity (concord consortium)
- DNA to protein 2 : Activity (concord consortium)
- Modelling transcription : Activity (concord consortium)
- Modeling translation : Activity (concord consortium)
- Mutations: Activity (concord consortium)
Resource Type 2: Animation/online labs
Resource Type 1: Videos
Resource type 3: Activities
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NGSS Teaching
Resource type 4: Practice/Quizzes
- Modeling DNA replication with cored paperclips (biologycorner.com)
- Transcription and translation coloring worksheet (biologycorner.com)
- Making an orgami DNA instructions and template (nclark.net)
- Make a DNA/RNA: instructions and templates (nclark.net)
- Transcription activity to show frame shift and point mutations (nclark.net)
- DNA extraction lab (PDF)
- DNA extraction lab from strawberries (nclark.net)
- Transcription and translation worksheet (Glencoe)
- Protein sentence and mutation activity
DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis
Discovery of DNA (PBS)
What is DNA? (Stated clearly)
Structure of DNA? (amoeba sisters)
DNA structure and replication (Crash course Biology)
DNA replication (yourgenome.org)
What is RNA? (amoeba sisters)
Protein synthesis (amoeba sisters)
Transcription and translation (Crash course Biology)
From DNA to protein (yourgenome.org)
Mutations: Ameoba sister video
Gene expression: Amoeba sister video
Protein synthesis race (biomanbio.com)
Biologycorner.com quizzes
Sciencegeek.net
DNA/RNA/Protein quiz (quia.com)
Practice quiz (Mcgraw-Hill)
DNA base pairing worksheet (cloudfront.net)
Protein synthesis practice worksheet (indiana.edu)
Transcription and translation practice worksheet (susandauld.files.wordpress.com)