From DNA to Protein
Monday 12/7/15
Title: Protein Synthesis & Regulation PPT
Standard:
SB2 → Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations
(a) Distinguish between DNA and RNA
(b) Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information
Essential Question:
What is the protein synthesis and its important stages?
Bellringer:

One strand of DNA has the sequence ATTGAT. What is the sequence on the
other strand?
a.
TAACGA
b.
ATTGAT
c.
ACCTAG
d.
TAACTA
Activator:
What do proteins do in a cell?
Teaching Strategies:
 Students will take fill-in-the-blank notes on the difference between RNA and DNA, types
of RNA, protein synthesis, and regulation of protein synthesis using Nearpod.
Summarizer:
Students will complete 3 comprehension questions on Nearpod, based on the notes they took.
From DNA to Protein
Tuesday 12/8/15
Title: DNA & Its Replication Quiz, Protein Synthesis & Regulation PPT, Simulating Protein
Synthesis
Standard:
SB2 → Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations
(a) Distinguish between DNA and RNA
(b) Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information
Essential Question:
What is the protein synthesis and its important stages?
Bellringer:

a.
b.
c.
d.
Activator:
What is the function of DNA polymerase?
To unzip DNA
To hold the strands apart so they can be copied
To bond the new nucleotides together
More than one of these
Students will take a 5-question multiple choice quiz about DNA and its replication through
Socrative.
Teaching Strategies:
 Students will finish taking fill-in-the-blank notes on the difference between RNA and
DNA, types of RNA, protein synthesis, and regulation of protein synthesis using
Nearpod.
 Then students will simulate protein synthesis by determining the mRNA and amino acid
sequence for different traits of an alien creature.
Summarizer:
Students will practice using the genetic code to decode a DNA sequence into a sentence.
From DNA to Protein
Wednesday 12/9/15
Title: Protein Synthesis Graphic Organizer
Standard:
SB2 → Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations
(a) Distinguish between DNA and RNA
(b) Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information
Essential Question:
What is the protein synthesis and its important stages?
Bellringer:

a.
b.
c.
d.
How does genetic information flow according to the central dogma?
RNA → DNA → protein
Protein → RNA → DNA
RNA → protein → DNA
DNA → RNA → protein
Activator:
What happens in transcription?
Teaching Strategies:
 Students will complete a graphic organizer, in which they identify the major characters of
protein synthesis, describe what happens in each act, and color and label an illustration
of protein synthesis.
Summarizer:
Students will share their progress with the instructor.
From DNA to Protein
Thursday 12/10/15
Title: Protein Synthesis Graphic Organizer
Standard:
SB2 → Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations
(a) Distinguish between DNA and RNA
(b) Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information
Essential Question:
What is the protein synthesis and its important stages?
Bellringer:

a.
b.
c.
d.
What molecule carries the amino acid coded by mRNA to the ribosome?
tRNA
rRNA
codon
mRNA
Activator:
What happens in translation?
Teaching Strategies:
 Students will finish their graphic organizer, in which they identify the major characters of
protein synthesis, describe what happens in each act, and color and label an illustration
of protein synthesis.
Summarizer:
Students will discuss the major characters and their roles in each act of protein synthesis.
From DNA to Protein
Friday 12/11/15
Title: Protein Synthesis Quiz, Biotechnology PPT
Standard:
SB2 → Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations
(f) Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and agriculture
Essential Question:
What are the important tools of biotechnology and their usages?
Bellringer:

a.
b.
c.
d.
What molecule carries information from a gene to the ribosomes?
mRNA
DNA
rRNA
tRNA
.
Activator:
Students will take a 5-question multiple choice quiz about protein synthesis through Socrative.
Teaching Strategies:
 Students will take fill-in-the-blank notes on biotechnology tools and their usages using
Nearpod.
 Then students will complete 3 comprehension questions on Nearpod, based on the
notes they took.
Summarizer:
Students will complete a summary chart with the purpose, applications/usages, and
concerns/challenges of each biotechnology tool.