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Least Mastered Competency: Understand the chromosomal basis of inheritance and the role of DNA as a blue print of life
Subtask: Describe DNA and RNA Use the RNA Codon table and identify codes for Amino Acid Code, Decode, and Read the Genetic code
Junior detectives, your task starts now. Your first assignment is to identify the similarities and differences between the main players of this puzzleDNA and RNA. Look at the its picture and spot the difference. Write your answer in the table provided for you.
DNA
RNA
DNA
RNA
CCC
ACU CGC ACC
GCA
AGC UCU CAA
CAG
GAG AGA UGA
C = Cytosine
G = Guanine U = Uracil (RNA only)
Task:
You are going to code a message and send it to your co-agent (your classmate) to decode. You will, on the other hand, translate your classmates coded message. Follow the direction in the ladder to code a message for your partner and crack a message from your partner.
Directions: Following the steps to code and decode message written using the genetic code Step 6
Step 5
Step 4
Lastly, submit your code with a 50-word letter telling your teacher how you find your activity
Step 3
Send your message and write reply for the message that you will receive
Step 2
Write a message for your partner (a couple of sentence long using the code)
Write your symbol in your journal to be used when coding or decoding message
Step 1
START HERE
Agree with your partner what word will be assigned for a specific codon for your code (eg. ACU means I and UUU means You).
Direction: using the following codes, translate the following coded messages. Good luck.
UAG = Stop (period) CCG = is CGC = water AUG = (Start) CCU = subject CGG = every AAA = Your CGA = drink CGU = day AAC = mother AAG = wears . . . AAU = dresses ACG = funny . . . ACC = have . . .ACU = dog ACA = breath . . . AGA = the . . . AGG = are AGU = Beatles . . .AGC = best . . . AUA = rock AUC = band . . .AUU = an . . . CAA = old CAC = rubber . . . CAG = breaks . CAU = pulled CCA = when . . . CCC = Biology . . . CUA = I CUC = love . . . CUG = roll . . . CUU = music GAA = all . . . GAC = demented ..GAG = puppies GAU = and . . . GCA = so . . . GCC = much GCG = fun . . . GCU = education . . . GGA = door GGC = to . . . GGG = future . . . GGU = father GUA = a . . . GUC = dress . . . GUG = brother GUU = nothing . . . UAA = we . . . UAC = in UAU = this . . . UCA = together . . . UCC = must UCG = be . . . UCU = informed . . . UGA = around UGC = you . . . UGG = read . . . UGU = little UUA = DNA . . . UUC = code . . . UUG = for UUU = life
DNA Segments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ATGAAAAACAAGGTACACATCTAG ATGAAAAACAATTGCACGTAG ATGTAAACCACTACATAG ATGAGAAGTAGGAGAAGCATAATCTAG ATGATTCAACACATCCAGCCACATTAG ATGCCCCCGAGAAGCCCTTAG ATGCGACGCCGGCGTTAG ATGCTACTCATAGATCTGCTTTAG ATGTAAAGGGAAGACGAGTAG ATGCCCCCGGCAGCCGCGTAG ATGGCTCCGAGAGGAGGCAGAGGGTAG ATGAAAGGTAAGGTAGTCTAG ATGAAAGTGAAGGTTTAG ATGTAAAGGGAATACTATTCATAG ATGTAATCCTCGTCTCGGCGTTAG ATGATAGATCTGCTTCCGAGAAGCTAG ATGCCCCCGGAATGATGCTAG ATGTGGGTATGTCGGCGTTAG ATGTTACCGAGATTCTTGTTTTAG ATGTTATCCTCGTGGTTGTTTTAG
Message
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Using the mRNA triplet code units and the assigned English letter equivalents, translate the following message:
code message and send it to another student to decode. You in turn need to translate a message from one of your classmates.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation webmaster@woodrow.org CN 5281, Princeton NJ 08543-5281 Tel:(609)452-7007 Fax:(609)452-0066 Dreistadt, Roy. 1968. An analysis of the use of analogies and metaphors in science. Journal of Psychology 68: 97-116. Glynn, Shawn. 1988. The teaching-with-analogies model: explaining concepts in expository texts. K.D. Muth ed. Children's Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Text. Newark, DE: International Reading Assn. Minsky, Marvin. 1985. The Society of Minds. New York: Simon and Schuster. Newby, Timothy and Stepich, Donald. 1987. Learning abstract concepts: the use of analogies as mediational strategy. Journal of Instructional Development 10(2):20-26.
Junior Detectivesafter passing the evaluation, you have now mastered one of the most valued skills We excel thru practice, dont settle for anything less than excellent! You have now cracked the code, Mission Accomplished! Until our next mission. Congratulations!