6. How do our cells know how to make proteins (like in hair)?

Karen Johnson, Susan Juhl, Jordan Brick, Sugat Dabholkar
Biology
42 min (1 class period)
Introductory High School Biology
v1

Overview

Students will be able to describe how instructions from DNA can be used to make specific proteins.

Underlying Pages

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards
  •   Life Science
    • [HS-LS1-1] Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.
    • [HS-LS3-1] Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.

Credits

Questions: Karen Johnson

Computational Tools: Concord Consortium, Amanda Peel, Karen Johnson, Leif Rasmussen

Lesson Development Discussions: Sugat Dabholkar, Sue Juhl, Jordan Brick, Karen Johnson 

Acknowledgement

Concord Consortium