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Watch It Move: DNA Replication
A “Watch it move” animation for Biology Made Fun, Unit 6 — the code printed on page 64, Unit 6's Color & Label DNA ladder page.
Animation — DNA ReplicationThe concept animation for this page will be embedded here.
Key ideas from the lesson
- Replication starts by unwinding: the double helix separates, like a zipper opening, exposing both strands.
- Free nucleotides match up with each open strand by the pairing rule — A with T, C with G — and two new strands are built, each paired with an original.
- The result is two identical DNA molecules, ready for two new cells: that is how one molecule's instructions get into every cell.
Why this helps
This is the “Watch it move” companion to Unit 6's Color & Label DNA ladder page: the ladder you colored, copying itself.
Try this
Pick one short stretch of the original strand and call out the bases the new strand should place opposite it. Check your calls against the pairing rule as the animation builds.
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