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NOVA: Cracking the code of life
Video assignment
Learning target:
I can write 12 complete sentences summarizing each of the 12 chapters in the video.
Materials:
NOVA’S “Cracking the code of life” video or online video
Paper and pencil
Procedure:
Watch the program “Cracking the code of life”. It is divided into 12 chapters. To watch the program online go
to the following website: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/cracking-the-code-of-life.html
Product:
For each chapter use the given set of words to construct a complete and grammatically correct sentence that
summarizes that chapter. The chapter titles and word lists follow. They are in sequential order.
1. Instructions for a human being (9:32)
a. Human
b. DNA
c. Genome
2. Cracking the code (5:52)
a. DNA
b. Computers
c. Process
3. One wrong letter (8:57)
a. Tay-sachs
b. Mutation
c. Gene
4. The sequencing race begins (6:30)
a. Celera genomics
b. Automation
c. Genome
5. Ramping up (7:47)
a. Celera
b. Internet
c. Data
6. Genetic variation (6:34)
a. Mapping
b. Humans
c. Animals
7. Who owns the genome?(11:57)
a. Code
b. Patent
c. Research
8. Finding cures is hard (8:07)
a. Cystic fibrosis
b. Protein
c. DNA
9. Complexity in proteins (12:17)
a. Proteome
b. Mutation
c. Gene
10. Finding disease genes (13:39)
a. Iceland
b. Osteoarthritis
c. Genes
11. A family disease (8:05)
a. Breast cancer
b. BRCA
c. Ovarian cancer
12. Contemplating the message (13:43)
a. Celera
b. Gene
c. chromosome