Review, Acid River Vocabulary

1.) Watch Transcription, Translation, and DNA Repair Video.
2.) Go over study guide.
3.) Acid Review Review Game.

Review-Test on Wednesday

Transcription and Translation with models

Cell Cycle with models

Students walk around the room and classify statements as DNA, mRNA, tRNA, or protein.

Work on study for Wednesday's test.

HPV Review, Mock Family Dinner, Tree Man

Test Next Wednesday, Study Guide Next Tuesday

First we reviewed how HPV causes cancer and warts.

Second we conducted a mock family dinner where we determine if 12 year old twins would get the Gardasil vaccine.

Third we watched two videos about how HPV may cause a tree-man situation. On YouTube.

HPV to Cervical Cancer, and How Gardasil Works

Monday: Big Note Day.

-Started with "Sexual Connectedness of a High School" Image.

-Then Dwight Schrute's Take on immunity and antibodies.

-Then vocab:
Virus: A piece of nucleic acid coated in a protein capsid.
Capsid: Protein coating of a virus
Antibodies: Proteins your immune system makes to label and help fight a disease.
Vaccine: Shot that contains a weaken form of a virus so that your body can make antibodies against the disease
Latent: "sleeping" waiting for the right time to get into action.

Then NOTES:
How does HPV (types 16, 18, 31, 45) cause Cervical Cancer/Warts?
1.) HPV gets into a small cut (abrasion) of the cervix
2.) The HPV goes through the cell membrane.
3.) HPV inserts its DNA into the DNA of the cervix cells. (causes a DNA mutation)
4.) This may cause the cervical cells to go through the cell cycle (mitosis) too quickly, causing a tumor.
5.) Tumor may spread.

Gardasil Prevents cervical cancer and genital warts by…
1.) HPV proteins from HPV 6, 11, 16 and 18 are injected into the body.
2.) Immune system creates antibodies that bind to those “HPV like” proteins.
3.) These antibodies stay in the blood to quickly label any real HPV that enters the body.
4.) Cervical cancer is prevented by stopping HPV from causing a DNA mutation.


Wednesday:
Students research pros and cons of getting the Gardasil vaccine.

Finishing Single Gene Mutation Powerpoints, Transcription and Translation Tourney

Students finish powerpoints downloaded from New Prairie Biology Wiki.

They download "Single Gene Mutation Blank" and follow the instructions on the powerpoint at the bottom of each slide.

Also, students go to Transcribe and Translation a Gene.

Review Transcription and Translation, Mutations

Students transcribe and translate the following DNA gene...

TATACCCCGGGAAAATT

First into mRNA then into a protein using the following link...
Codon Chart

Then students use paper models to review Transcription and Translation.

Finally we took notes on codon (3 letter mRNA code), anticodon (3 letter tRNA code), and different mutation types (Substitution, Insertion, Deletion, and Transformation)

Examples of those mutations...
Original Strand:
ATTGG
ATCGG: Substitution
ATGG: Deletion
ATTCGG: Insertion
AGGTT: Tranformation

The most harmful mutations are Insertions and Deletions.

DNA Mutations, Genetic Mutation Powerpoints

Students finished their Darwin, Watson, and Crick Skits.

Students took an online quiz.

Students then started a powerpoint research project about a single gene mutation disease.

Darwin, Watson, and Crick Skits. DNA Process Review

Quotes from the skits.

"The scientific community had a hard time believing in natural selection when I was around"

"Darwin what are you doing here?" "I came here to brag."

"Thats enough just because you wrote a book doesn't mean your hot stuff, I helped discover DNA."

"Darwin, your DNA does not mess up when you're dreaming."

"We discovered a break through to support your theory of Natural Selection. We discovered DNA."

"Well seeing as it took two of you to discover DNA, I am more intelligent for I discovered Natural Selection on my own."

"Darwin walks in the door of Joe's"

Review of Transcription and Translation

To make protein:
The DNA starts off inside of the nucleas. The DNA gets a signal. Then, the DNA uses transcription to make the mRNA. The mRNA then goes to the ribosome. The tRNA carries molecules to the ribosome to make protein. The tRNA is paired up with amino acids. The pairing starts off at the letters AUG. The process of making protein is called Translation.

a segment of DNA is called a gene. The finished product is called a protein.

Transcription and Translation Practice

Students practice how to convert DNA to mRNA to protein.

Notes
Took notes of the lettered bases of a DNA gene turning into mRNA. In mRNA, there are no T's allowed, they are replaced by U's. For mRNA to turn into a protein the base are grouped in threes, but you must start with AUG. The sets of three correspond with an amino acid from a table in the biology books, which are lined up to form a protein.



Utah transcribe and translate.

DNA's Control of the Cell, Transcription, Translation

Vocabulary:
transcription- DNA converting to mRNA
mRNA- messenger ribonucleic acid, carries DNA's code to ribosome
translation- the conversion of mRNA into protein
tRNA-carries amino acids to the ribosome, transfer RNA
central dogma- DNA to mRNA to protein, how DNA controls the cell


Notes:
took notes of a drawing of a principal stuck in an office but was too big to leave. they would send messages to the school by intercom yelling telephone or computer. DNA is too big to leave the nucleus, DNA send out messages using mRNA, or messenger RNA. Principals send messages to workers such as vice principals, teacher, students.. DNA sends messages to their workers- proteins.

how does DNA control the cell?
1.) cell gets a signal that a protein needs to be made.
2.) DNA is unwound and transcribed into an mRNA molecule.
3.) mRNA carries DNA's code out of the nucleus and into the ribosome
4.) where mRNA is translated into a protein by tRNA bringing amino acids into the ribosome.
5.) Protein then goes to work usually as an enzyme.


Other:
watched video of DNA making mRNA Transcription and Translation.
worked on Darwin, Watson and Crick skits

By S. F.

November 10th

Students finished Cancer Cell Power Point and Cell Cycle Gizmo.

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