Codon Necklaces

Learn to use the universal codon table to assemble a wearable amino acid chain!

Grades covered: 7 through 12

Curriculum Topics: Codons, Amino Acid/Protein Sequences, DNA Replication

Standards

Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

Common Standards Click to View

Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Life Science||Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits|||Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Life Science||From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes|||Construct & revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules. ||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Life Science||From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes|||Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring. ||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Life Science||Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

California Standards (Click to View)

2.e. DNA is the genetic material of living organisms, and is located in the chromosomes of each cell.||CA Science||Grade 7||02. Genetics||2. A typical cell of any organism contains genetic instructions that specify its traits. Those traits may be modified by environmental influences.|||1.d. The Central Dogma of molecular biology outlines the flow of information from transcription of RNA in the nucleus to translation of proteins on ribosomes in the cytoplasm.||Grade 9-12||03. Biology/Life Sciences||1. Cell Biology||1. Fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that are carried out in specialized areas of the organism’s cells.|||1.h. Most macromolecules (polysaccharides, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids) in cells and organisms are synthesized from a small collection of simple precursors.||Grade 9-12||03. Biology/Life Sciences||1. Cell Biology||1. Fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that are carried out in specialized areas of the organism’s cells.|||4.b. How to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA.||Grade 9-12||03. Biology/Life Sciences||2. Genetics||4. Genes are a set of instructions, encoded in the DNA sequence of each organism that specify the sequence of amino acids in proteins characteristic of that organism.|||4.e. Proteins can differ from one another in the number and sequence of amino acids.||Grade 9-12||03. Biology/Life Sciences||2. Genetics||4. Genes are a set of instructions, encoded in the DNA sequence of each organism that specify the sequence of amino acids in proteins characteristic of that organism.|||5.b. How to apply base-pairing rules to explain precise copying of DNA during semi-conservative replication, and transcription of information from DNA into mRNA.||Grade 9-12||03. Biology/Life Sciences||2. Genetics||5. The genetic composition of cells can be altered by incorporation of exogenous DNA into the cells.

Categories include:

Life Science
Grades 6-8
Science

Tags: Structure & Function

Subjects covered: ["Life Science"]

Codon Necklaces

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