DNA

toc =Introduction (activity 1)= Answer the following questions (without looking up the answers!) in a document. Don't worry if you are wrong, just answer the questions as completely as you can. What makes up DNA? What does DNA look like? What controls when a cell needs to divide?

Put the answers to these questions in paragraph form on your blog. Title it DNA introduction and tag it DNA.

=DNA Replication (activity 2)= Play the following game: [] Complete the following document about the basics of DNA replication:

Other resources if needed: [] [] []

=DNA replication model project=
 * Use Scratch, Draw.to, http://cacoo.com/, add drawings in word, use any paint program, or hand draw and photograph to show DNA replication.
 * Be sure to show individual steps in some manner on your diagram and add a sentence or two describing what is happening.
 * You must have 9 bases on your DNA strand I.
 * Include a key or label your diagram to show what each item is.
 * You will need to take a screen shot (apple/shift/4) to place on your wiki page.
 * Write a brief description of what happens in DNA replication and in what phase of mitosis DNA replication happens.

Use the following site [] to create information in your own words about telomeres, okazaki fragments, dna ligase, telomerase, cancer, transplanted cells, cloning, and aging.

=Contributions of scientists= In pairs, research the following scientists to determine their work, their experiments, contributions, and what is now understood about DNA, DNA replication, and/or our understanding of DNA and heredity.

Watson and Crick Frederick Griffith Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase Rosalind Franklin Gregor Mendel Walter Sutton Craig Venter and Francis Collins Thomas Hunt Morgan Arthur Kornberg Beadle and Tatum Barbara McClintock Edwin Chargaff

Quick view of scientists to know

Link to 1st pd powerpoint: Sign in to google docs and then click the link. It should be added to your documents. Be sure to find the slide with your scientist AND ADD MORE SLIDES BENEATH THAT ONE. Decide how to organize the information. Be sure to place your name on slides you create. Include references. https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVUSISFTqhalZGN0NDdycGRfNDY2Z3pkaHhmZms&hl=en&authkey=CKTdy-0C

Link to 3rd pd powerpoint. Sign in to google docs and then click the link. It should be added to your documents. Be sure to find the slide with your scientist AND ADD MORE SLIDES BENEATH THAT ONE. Decide how to organize the information. Be sure to place your name on slides you create. Include references. https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVUSISFTqhalZGN0NDdycGRfNDY1YzQ3NXN6eDQ&hl=en&authkey=CJ_2lJ4K

=DNA webquest Part 1= Complete the following:

=DNA electrophoresis and DNA spooling=

Go to the following website, follow the simulation, and answer the questions below:
 * Make up assignment for absences during DNA electrophoresis:**

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What is in the liquid in the small plastic tube (vial)? Can DNA be seen under a microscope? What procedure are we going to use to measure the DNA strands? What other molecules can be measured with the same procedure? What is the purpose of the gel? How do we make the DNA move during the procedure? Describe the difference between how far the short and long strands of the DNA move? Since DNA is colorless, how do we make it visible? How does the DNA appear now? What are the 5 steps of gel electrophoresis? When we hook up the red and black cords, which color is closest to the wells that hold the DNA? Is the DNA positive or negative in charge?

=DNA discussion= Through our class discussion we will answer the following:
 * 1) Why is DNA replication important?
 * 2) How has our understanding of DNA changed?
 * 3) Why study DNA?

=Mitosis/cell cycle Introduction= Through our class discussion we will answer the following: = = =Mitosis Internet lab= Complete the following activities: Other sites of interest: []
 * 1) What events does a cell undergo in its life?
 * 2) What controls mitosis?
 * 3) Why does mitosis occur?

=Meiosis= Complete the following activities: Other sites of interest: [] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html# =Mutations= [] = = =Types of asexual reproduction= Describe the process, advantages/disadvantages, and examples of organisms that reproduce by the following: Binary Fission Budding Spores Regeneration Vegetative propagation Cloning = = =Mitosis/meiosis Study Guide=

=DNA webquest part 2= Complete the following:

=Group research= Each group will be responsible for researching about, creating a portion of a wiki page about the topic, and discussing it with the rest of the class.

Topics 1st period:

 * 1) DNA vs. RNA including types of RNA, codons, etc media type="custom" key="8775448"[[file:DNAvsRNA.docx]]
 * 2) Transcription including promotors, introns, exons, etc. [[file:JL.HANDOUT.doc]]
 * 3) Translation including initiation, elongation, termination, etc.[[file:Translation Study Guide for the win.docx]] media type="custom" key="8776932"
 * 4) Gene expression including what is genotype and phenotype, examples, etc. [[file:teamteamgeneguide.docx]] media type="custom" key="8782688"
 * 5) Gene regulation- media type="custom" key="8775506" [[file:team bioGene Regulation fill in the blank.docx]]
 * 6) Mutations[[file:Mutations-handout.docx]]

Topics 3rd period:
mutations worksheet = = =Protein synthesis= Complete the following activity: Notes:
 * 1) DNA vs. RNA including types of RNA, codons, etc. [[file:RNA vs. DNA.docx]]media type="custom" key="8781746"
 * 2) Transcription including promotors, introns, exons, etc. [[file:CUTG Transcription Guide.docx]]
 * 3) Translation including initiation, elongation, termination, etc.[[file:Study Guide.docx]]
 * 4) Gene expression including what is genotype and phenotype, examples, etc. [[file:Gene Expression Notes.docx]]
 * 5) gene regulation- [[file:bio project for gene regulation.docx]]
 * 6) Mutations

Making a model: Create and post a digital image(s) of the processes of protein synthesis. You can use any program online or on your computer. Online ones include mywebspiration, cacoo, and others. Be sure to upload or embed the image so it can be seen. This will serve as a series of visuals and text from which you can study from. Reflect on what you have learned and what you now understand better from having finished the activity.

= = =DNA homework:= Homework: DNA and protein synthesis:

=Protein synthesis review=