Unit 6: DNA and Protein Synthesis
Essential Question 1: What is the chemical basis of life?
Essential Question 2: How do genes code for proteins?
Homework
The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.
~Lewis Thomas(1913 - 1993) was a physician, poet, researcher
Class Notes in pdf
- The Discovery of DNA (Viruses, Phages, Griffiths, Hershey-Chase)
- The Structure of DNA - download
- DNA Replication - download
- From Genes to Proteins - download
Study Guides: One page to Rule them all
Labs . Diagrams . Other Stuff
- OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT:: All the World's a Phage
- Blast that Gene Lab
- Transcription Translation Assignment
- The DNA Word Search
- Diagram:: Protein Synthesis Diagram - download
- DNA Poetry Assignment
Questions of the week:
Extra Work Increases your DNA's Fecundity
1st Quarter QOW
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CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES
Initial Understanding:
- Sequence the experimental evidence that led to the conclusion that DNA is the chemical of which genes are composed.
- Diagram the double helix model of DNA.
Developing an Interpretation:
- Demonstrate the replication of DNA.
Making Connections:
- Discuss the evidence for the fact that DNA codes for proteins.
- Demonstrate the events of transcription and translation.
- Explain the connection between the proteins produced by translation and the traits possessed by the individual organism.
Taking a Critical Stance:
- Distinguish between DNA and RNA.