DNA -> Protein Foldable

DNA -> Protein Foldable

You will be making a
foldable that will hold
your notes for the DNA > Protein portion of this
unit.
The foldable will be a
four sided cube, like the
picture on the right. You
will need 2 pieces of
printer paper.

Foldable Instructions

DNA
What is DNA? Tutorial

Structure of DNA Video:

Side 1: DNA (pages 144-146)

What is DNA?
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Draw the structure of a DNA molecule (the double
helix).
What are the subunits that make up a DNA molecule?
Draw each of the nucleotides and label the parts. (use
Figure 1)
List the four nucleotide bases and tell which ones pair
together.

Genes and Chromosomes

DNA/Chromosome Animati
on Link
What is a Gene? Tutorial

Chromosome Video:

Gene

Chromatin

Chromosome/Homologous
Pair

Side 2: Genes and Chromosomes

Define the words in the table below.
Chromosome

Chromatin

Gene

Homologous
Pair

Draw a picture of each of the words in the table and

label it.
Describe the relationship between DNA,
chromosomes, chromatin and genes.

Proteins
Protein Synthesis Video Clip:
Protein Synthesis Demonstration:
Protein Function Video Clip:

Side 3: Proteins
What is a protein?
What kinds of things do proteins do in the body?
How are proteins made?
Write: The DNA code is read like a book from one end to
the other and in one direction. The bases form the alphabet
of the code. Groups of three bases are the codes for specific
amino acids. A long string of amino acids forms a protein.
Thus, each gene is usually a set of instructions for making a
protein.

Mutations
Mutation Video Clip

(Under Sequence Alignment)

Mutation Video Clip
Effects of Mutations

DNA Replication with Paper Clips Activity

Mutation Examples
Helpful:
Enzyme that digests milk continues to be produced into adulthood
Gene for malaria resistance
Tetrachromatic vision: having a fourth cone cell in the eye, able to
detect more color varieties

Harmful:
Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Color Blindness, Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy
Increase risk of breast cancer (and other types of cancer)

Neutral
Most mutations that occur appear to have no impact on the organism.

Side 4: Mutations
What is a mutation?
What are some examples of types of mutations?
What are three possible outcomes of a mutation?
Define the terms gamete and somatic cell.
What types of mutations can be passed on to
offspring?