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Lesson Plans:
A Hands-On Approach to
Teaching the DNA Structure and FUNCTION
Cracking
the Genetic Code
To help students understand what the knowledge of DNA can tell us about
ourselves and other organisms and species. Students will also learn about
the systematic study of the human genome.
Candy
DNA
Students will show how the basic structure of DNA is important in the
process of DNA replication
DNA
Scavenger Hunt
The code shown is the DNA code; students change the code to the m-RNA codon and then look up each triplet codon
to determine the letter the coden equals.
Extracting
DNA
To develop understanding of DNA by modeling the process of DNA extraction.
DNA
Sequencing
In this paper lab, students learn to read a gel electrophoresis sequence,
learn a technique of DNA sequencing through gel electrophoresis convert the
DNA sequence into amino acid sequence
Simple
DNA Extraction
This extraction of DNA from calf thymus uses easily obtainable materials
and can be done in classes at any level. Kids love the spectacular results.
Groovy DNA Beads
The main objective of this
mini-teach is provide students with a hands-on experience matching DNA
nitrogenous base pairs, arranging nucleotides into codons,
and visualizing the
size of a single gene.
History,
Hieroglyphs, and DNA: Cracking an unknown code
This activity gives students the opportunity to experience, first hand,
what it is like to dechipher an unknown code -
whether it is an ancient language or DNA
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