Science Classroom Connection

Student will be evaluated upon the discovery of the DNA molecule that was based upon the experimental works of Rosalind Franklin, Frederick Griffith, Oswald Avery, and Hershey and Chase. Furthermore, students will be evaluated upon the DNA replication process that Watson and Crick as well as Chargaff had put forth the foundational and structural characteristics of this molecule for our comprehension process. Furthermore, students will be evaluated upon the comprehensive process of protein synthesis through the transcription and translation processes.

Each student is expected to have completed the DNA project and is prepared to present it in front of the class. This assignment was given ten days ago with adequate time to complete the work as we have practiced and learned further about the DNA molecule, its characteristics, and the process of protein synthesis that is directly related to the genes that make up the DNA molecule.

Students will work in groups of three to simulate the process of making proteins as they will use colored paper clips to represent their nitrogenous bases (as each is a component of a nucleotide) to demonstrate their understanding of the transcription and translation processes that produce the protein molecule.

Students will work further on the protein synthesis process through assembling and analyzing data for making proteins, as well as reinforce DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis through a brief formative assessment.

Students will be evaluated upon the process of protein synthesis, whereby they will be given four different situations based upon given data, and they have to analyze the data to be able to synthesize four different proteins by determining the transcriptive information from the DNA molecule for each protein molecule as this data get translated on the ribosomes to produce each protein molecule.