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Modeling the Structure of DNA

In this activity, students build a paper model of DNA and use their model to explore key structural features of the DNA double helix. This activity can be used to complement the short film The Double Helix.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science Practices
Labs & Demos
High School — AP/IB
College

Viral DNA Integration

In this hands-on activity, students model how a double-stranded DNA copy of the HIV genome is integrated into the host cell DNA.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Science Practices
Labs & Demos
High School — General
High School — AP/IB

Pulse Chase Primer: The Meselson-Stahl Experiment

This activity can be used in conjunction with the short film The Double Helix. It introduces students to the classic experiment by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl, which revealed that DNA replication follows the semiconservative model.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Activity for The Double Helix

This activity explores the concepts and research presented in the short film The Double Helix, which tells the story of the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science Practices
Film Activities
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

The Double Helix

This film tells the story of the scientists and the evidence involved in one of the most important scientific quests of the 20th century: the discovery of the structure of DNA.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science Practices
Short Films
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College