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What makes you, YOU?! Sign up for this course to explore the structure and function of DNA and how it makes the proteins that build your body!
Total classes: 4
Prerequisite: Middle school level biology and/or life science
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade. Note: advanced middle school students are welcome too
Suggested credit: ¼ semester Science or Microbiology. Also, sign up for “DNA & Mutations” immediately following this course for additional credit
Description
Understanding the structure and function of DNA is foundational to life sciences. This course will detail the history of the discovery of DNA, how it replicates using RNA, then transcripts and translates to form the protein building blocks of organisms.
Outline
Class 1: Introduction to DNA anatomy and history
Class 2: DNA replication
Class 3: Transcription and translation
Class 4: DNA to protein summary and practice
Materials and Homework
Course materials: Notebooks and pencil/pen for note-taking. Printing PowerPoint files is suggested. All other course materials are provided free by the instructor.
Homework: Daily assignments the first three days, including brief computer-graded questions with a more thorough instructor-graded application question. Day four assignment will be an upload of handwritten work showing DNA sequencing to protein codes.
