RESOURCES 

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PlayDNA! Basics

PlayDNA! Detailed Assembly Instructions

Introducing PlayDNA! SLIDESHOW (.PPTX)

Interesting Features of PlayDNA!…

2025 GENETIC CODE CHART (RNA version)

2025 GENETIC CODE CHART (DNA version)

20 AMINO ACIDS DIY cut-out sticker sheet A-F,M-R

20 AMINO ACIDS DIY cut-out sticker sheet G-L,S-Y

PlayDNA! TEACHING/LEARNING RESOURCES, Level I

PlayDNA! Teacher’s Guide - LEVEL I

PlayDNA! Level I SLIDESHOW

PlayDNA! Level I Student Handouts

PlayDNA! TEACHING/LEARNING RESOURCES, Level II

PlayDNA! Teacher’s Guide - LEVEL II

PlayDNA! Level II SLIDESHOW

PlayDNA! Level II Student Handouts

PlayDNA! TEACHING/LEARNING RESOURCES, Level III

Higher-level exploration of DNA shape patterns.

PlayDNA! Teacher’s Guide - LEVEL III

PlayDNA! Level III SLIDESHOW

PlayDNA! Level III Student Handouts

PlayDNA! PUZZLE GAMES

MAKE THIS: introductory translation game

CAN MAKE THESE AS WELL: …just a bigger conceptual translation game

Build a model of… the Smallest Known Gene

Palindromic DNA sequences stun nuts

The Mating Game: molecular simulation of meiosis

Some RNA structures

Questionable nucleic acid structures