Ch 12 - Molecular Genetics
- Day 1: DNA extraction; DNA structure and replication; "Humanzee - part I"; Assign: DNA wkst - due 12/3
- Day 2: discuss mutations;DNA replication game; Mutation exercise; "Humanzee - part 2";
- Day 3: "Humanzee - part 6"; discuss Protein Synthesis; Transcribe and Translate a Gene; Assign: Ch 12.3 - 12.4 wkst - due 12/9
- Day 4: Drag and Drop Protein Synthesis; Mutation simulation; "The Birth and Death of Genes" (13min) Assign: Protein Synthesis wkst - due next time
- Day 5: Protein Synthesis - A Life Sentence;
- Day 6: "Evolving Switches, Evolving Bodies" video;Gene Regulation discussion; lac Operon web activity ;Phet gene machine simulation Modeling the trp operon;
- Day 7: Review; mutation simulation
- Day 8: Ch 12 test