On Wednesday, I was not at school. Students watched the Human Genome Movie, made a KWL to focus attention through the movie. Make sure you understand what a genome is.
Thursday we had SOAR so the classes were shortened. We took a couple of notes on codons or triplets(3 bases in a row, that code for an amino acid) Students then used the letters in their name to write their name in DNA code and used different color beads to make a bracelet.
Friday students extracted DNA from a banana. Way cool! Students must complete the 6 questions on their investigation sheet. Three questions about the experiment and three questions about Juan Carlos Brevis, a plant geneticist. The information about Juan Carlos Brevis is on the extra sheet that I gave you.
Have a wonderful weekend!
