MS-LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits


  • MS-LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits Worksheet
    How DNA Controls the Workings of the Cell
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    Worksheet
    Students are given two partial sequences of DNA bases for the gene insulin, 1 is from a human and 2 is from a cow. Students transcribe and translate the code and then analyze the sequence for mutations.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-1
    MS-LS3-1 (Mutations)
    		  
    Published by Shannan Muskopf
  • MS-LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits Lab Experiment
    Transcription and Translation Lab - From Gene to Protein
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    Lab
    In this transcription and translation lab, students learn how a gene provides the instructions for making a protein, and how a mutation in the gene for sickle cell hemoglobin can result in sickle cell anemia. Students use paper models to transcribe and translate the DNA into a protein.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-1
    HS-LS3-1
    HS-LS3-2
    MS-LS3-1 (Mutations)
    		  
    Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty

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