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Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: ERIN WOLFHOPE

The Building Blocks of Life Lab: Examining the Importance of Enzyme Shape

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This resource is a lab in which students are given a hypothetical DNA sequence for part of an enzyme. Using the universal genetic code, they will then determine the amino acid sequence coded for by the DNA. Differently shaped lego blocks will represent different amino acids. Students will construct the enzyme using legos.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Carolyn Hutter and Kimberlie Lascarides

DNA Mutations

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Students will complete a virtual lab on DNA mutations. Mutations involve a physical change to genetic material that results in the abnormal encoding of protein sequences. The students will complete mRNA and protein sequences based on the information provided. The students will identify the number of amino acids changed and how they think this mutation will impact the organism.

Material Type: Lesson Plan