Classroom Resources

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.

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

This model shows the structure of the protein BCR-ABL, which causes a type of cancer called chronic myeloid leukemia.

This model shows a mutated form of the cancer-causing protein BCR-ABL that is resistant to the drug Gleevec.

This model shows the structure of ATP, a molecule that provides energy for cellular processes, including protein phosphorylation.

This model shows the structure of the cancer drug Gleevec, which is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

This model shows the structure of the cancer drug dasatinib, which is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

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.

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.