1. DNA What is it? And what does it do?

4. What two things did you not know, had forgotten or felt were important?

8. Check for Understanding 1) How are traits passed?  Traits are passed through genes 2) When is DNA copied?  During Interphase of the Cell Cycle 3) What is the relationship between proteins and amino acids?  20 amino acids come together in various combinations to create proteins 4) Are all proteins the same size?  No, they can range from 20 amino acids to thousands of amino acids

11. DNA Structure and Function Videos DNA Structure  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmD G_fKUTR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmD G_fKUTR8 What is DNA and how does it work?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwib gNGe4aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwib gNGe4aY

14. DNA Replication In Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJzcY bt7_E4

15. Check for Understanding 1) What three components make up a nucleotide subunit?  Phosphate, Sugar, Nitrogen Base 2) What are the rules about how the bases pair?  Adenine + Thymine Cytosine + Guanine 3) What is meant by a “triplet” code?  Three bases together are the code for one amino acid 4) What are the steps for DNA replication?  Strands separate  Nucleotides pair up  Two identical strands are formed