Socratic Seminar on Biotechnology

Biology Name: ______Block: ______DNA to Protein Date: ______Web Inquiry – Learn.Genetics DNA to Protein Instructions: Log on to http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics and follow the guidelines to answer the questions. 1. You may open this document and complete it on your computer. You must use your own words to answer the questions. Please adjust the spacing so you minimize how many pages you have to print. Do not email your assignment without making arrangements with me first. 2. You may print out this worksheet and answer the questions on lined paper. Attach your answers to the assignment printout. You must use your own words to answer the questions.

Assignment: 1. Go to ‘What are DNA and Genes?’ a. Explain the relationship between DNA, genes and a genome. b. How do the building blocks of DNA work to create instructions? c. What is it the instructions code for?

2. Go to ‘Build a DNA Molecule’ and build a molecule a. How long would it take you to replicate the human genome using this activity? b. How long does the process actually take? c. How does the real process speed things up? d. How are the two strands of DNA held together? 3. Go to ‘What are Proteins?’ a. What are the building blocks of proteins and how many are there? b. How much of your body is made of protein? c. Which protein is in the greatest amount in your body? How much? d. What do proteins need to do to work? e. How do proteins interact? f. What happens when you eat protein?

4. Go to ‘Things you may not know about DNA’ a. Explain two things that you learned about genes. b. Explain one thing that you did not know.

5. Go to ‘RNA the Versatile Molecule’. Create a Compare and Contrast chart and complete it using the columns for similarities and differences between DNA and RNA

6. Go to ‘RNA’s Role in the Central Dogma’ a. Explain the purpose/function of each of the following molecules i. DNA ii. tRNA iii. mRNA iv. rRNA Biology Name: ______Block: ______DNA to Protein Date: ______

7. Go to ‘Transcribe and Translate a Gene’ a. What is the sequence of your DNA? b. What is the sequence of the RNA strand? c. List in the correct order the amino acids.

8. Go to ‘What Makes a Firefly Glow’ and play the animation and read the page a. Why do fireflies glow? Be thorough in your answer. ______

b. The RNA polymerase is going to decode this gene ______

c. The enzyme that will be produced is ______

d. The type of RNA that will be transcribed is ______

e. Where does the mRNA go after it is transcribed?

f. What is responsible for translating the mRNA?

g. What will be produced?

h. What will the protein (enzyme) do to become functional?

i. How many of these enzymes are necessary for the firefly to glow?

j. The enzyme binds to ______.

k. What does the enzyme do that helps the process?

l. What else is required for the reaction to take place and where do you think it comes from?

9. Go to ‘More about DNA and Genes’ and choose an activity that you haven’t done. Summarize what you learned.

10. Go to ‘More About Mutation’. Choose one of the four activities to explore. Summarize what you learned.