HHMI Video: The DNA Double Helix Discovery

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published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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This 16-minute video blends rare archival footage with interviews of leading scientists to explore how the double-helix structure of DNA was discovered. Published by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractives, the video chronicles the race in the 1950's to unravel the mystery of DNA structure -- a race fraught with intrigue, competition, and innovation. The video maintains journalistic standards of impartiality as it explores the contributions of Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, Linus Pauling, and Erwin Chargaff.

See Related Items for a link to a student guide that accompanies this video.

Editor's Note: This video can serve as a great springboard for a discussion of ethics in scientific research. To what extent should publicly-funded research be openly and non-competitively shared among scientists?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vm3od_UmFg

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Rights Holder:: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Keywords:: Photo 51, helical structure, molecular structure, x-ray crystallography
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 12, 2021 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: November 12, 2021 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 31, 2020

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Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Electromagnetic Radiation (PS4.B)

Atoms of each element emit and absorb characteristic frequencies of light. These characteristics allow identification of the presence of an element, even in microscopic quantities. (9-12)

Information Technologies and Instrumentation (PS4.C)

Multiple technologies based on the understanding of waves and their interactions with matter are part of everyday experiences in the modern world (e.g., medical imaging, communications, scanners) and in scientific research. They are essential tools for producing, transmitting, and capturing signals and for storing and interpreting the information contained in them. (9-12)

Structure and Function (LS1.A)

All cells contain genetic information in the form of DNA molecules. Genes are regions in the DNA that contain the instructions that code for the formation of proteins, which carry out most of the work of cells. (9-12)

Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)

Patterns (K-12)

Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena. (9-12)
Empirical evidence is needed to identify patterns. (9-12)

Structure and Function (K-12)

The functions and properties of natural and designed objects and systems can be inferred from their overall structure, the way their components are shaped and used, and the molecular substructures of its various materials. (9-12)

Science is a Human Endeavor (3-12)

Science is a result of human endeavors, imagination, and creativity. (9-12)

NGSS Nature of Science Standards (K-12)

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