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    DNA Puzzle Kit

    TEACHER’S MANUAL
    AND STUDENT GUIDE
    Table of Contents

    DNA Puzzle Kit


    TEACHER’S MANUAL

    Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
    Answers to Questions in the Student Guide . . . . . . . . . .4
    Activated tRNA–mRNA Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

    STUDENT GUIDE*

    DNA:The Genetic Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-1


    Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-1
    Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-1
    Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-2
    RNA: The Code Transcribed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-3
    Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-3
    Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-4
    Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-4
    mRNA Codons for Amino Acids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-5
    Protein Synthesis: The Code Translated . . . . . . . . . . . .S-6
    Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-6
    Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-7
    Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S-7

    *Photocopy the Student Guide as needed for use in your


    classroom.

    ©2011 Carolina Biological Supply Company/Printed in USA.

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    Teacher’s Manual

    DNA Puzzle Kit NOTES

    Overview
    The DNA Puzzle Kit enables students to use specially designed puzzle pieces to
    visualize and model molecular events. Using the puzzle pieces, students may
    better visualize and understand the relationship of DNA to the various RNAs and
    to polypeptide (protein) formation. The three modeling exercises incorporated into
    the DNA Puzzle Kit are designed to be conducted in sequence. In the first activity,
    DNA: The Genetic Code, students model nucleotide structure and DNA replication.
    In the second, RNA: The Code Transcribed, they learn about RNA and they model
    transcription. In the final activity, Protein Synthesis: The Code Translated, students
    use the DNA puzzle to model translation and demonstrate how amino acids
    code for proteins.

    Materials
    24 deoxyribose sugars
    24 phosphates
    12 ribose sugars
    4 adenine bases
    8 cytosine bases
    8 guanine bases
    4 thymine bases
    2 uracil bases
    2 alanine amino acids
    2 glycine amino acids
    2 alanine activating enzymes
    2 glycine activating enzymes
    2 alanine specific tRNAs
    2 glycine specific tRNAs
    ribosome binding sheet
    Teacher’s Manual and reproducible Student Guide

    Background
    Note: For additional background information, please refer to the Student Guide.
    The sequential processing of genetic information via transcription, translation, and
    protein synthesis is regarded as the central dogma of molecular biology.
    Understanding these events is crucial to comprehending biological processes on
    the molecular scale.

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