Monday, February 8, 2016

Biology Unit 2 Day 2

Learning Objective: Students will learn about the process of protein synthesis by describing the steps in writing using technical vocabulary (ribosomes, tRNA, mRNA, transcription, translation, protein, amino acid) and science ideas (process, systems and structures).

Questions:

  1. Why are proteins important? (book or brain)
  2. What structures does protein synthesis need in order to work properly? (book)
  3. How are genes and proteins related?

Answer Choices for number 3:
  • A. Proteins are made of parts of genes.
  • B. Genes contain the code to make proteins.
  • C. Genes and proteins are both made of DNA.
  • D. Proteins are used to build genes.
Exit Ticket for Day 2: 
  • Summarize the process of protein synthesis. (2 sentences)
  • What do you think is the most important step in protein synthesis?