Codon
Objective:
Students will learn how to use a codon table to translate mRNA into its associated amino acids.
Materials:
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Blank bingo cards
Ink pens or fine point markers
List of 20 amino acids on Codon table
Pennies, bingo chips, beans etc. to mark amino acids
Instructions:
1. Pass out blank bingo cards
2. Students should fill out each of the blanks with various amino acids from the codon chart.
3. Teacher calls out 3 bases (A, T, G, C)
4. Students find the amino acid that is associated with the codon and mark the square (use bingo chips or
pennies or other miscellaneous items)
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CODON BINGO
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The following Codon Table is for the teacher to use for calling out the threebase sequence or codon.
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