: BioMath. Quorum Sensing: Organisms Communicating and Coordinating We live in an ever-changing world.
Many people crave information about those changes. As a result, new means of communicating are continually evolving. People originally relied on word of mouth. With the invention of the printer, newspapers spread information to more people, more quickly. Later, telephones, television, cell phones and the Internet increased both the rate at which people could communicate and the number of people that the information reached. Topics Biology: This unit discusses bacterial growth and communication. Prerequisites Biology: A basic understanding of cell structure and functions along with the Central Dogma would be helpful, but is not necessary.
Length This unit consists of 5 lessons and will take 4-6 class periods (45 minutes each) if the majority of the work is done during class. “Translation Taxi” game: Shows how ribosomes make proteins from mRNA. About the RNA Lab. Play a Game and Change the World What if you could create a molecular machine that might one day help save someone’s life—just by playing a game?
Well, you actually can. NOVA’s RNA Lab is an extension of a game called Eterna, which gets players to help scientists understand an important family of biomolecules called RNAs. Here’s how it works. Scientists have known about RNA for decades, but until recently thought it was little more than a messenger between DNA and proteins. By playing the NOVA version of Eterna, you’ll discover that molecular RNA “machines” carry out a wide variety of essential functions in your body, from producing proteins to fighting viruses. Okay, RNA is important. It’s true that some RNAs are well understood, such as messenger RNAs that carry the genetic code to make proteins. Eterna goes a step further than Foldit. How can you compete to have your RNA designs made and tested by scientists? Solving the problem of RNA folding really can change the world. Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration. Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression (Developed by SEPUP)- check out from Brandi.
RNA Protein Strand Sculpture. View More Images Categories Description Students utilize elements of design to compose a work of art (Making a Box) Vocabulary: 3-D, Volume (Building a 3-D structure from the 2nd Dimension) Realizing the (RNA Protein Structure) Objective Student Objectives: Students access prior knowledge of 2-D and 3-D to build a sculpture Identify the difference between a two - dimensional and three - dimensional objects Experience volume and 3-D sculptural principles by applying them in space.
Resources New York Times 2011 Science Scientists working in annimation Vocabulary. Snorks KEy. This activity can become tedious if you assign all of the snorks.
It is recommended that you assign only one (possibly) two for students to decode. Their sketches can be creative and likely none will be the same, the key below shows you the traits that each snork should have based on the codons and amino acid sequence. You may also wish to do the first one on the overhead projector to show students how to construct their snorks. Snicker Snork met | val, ser, lys......... | tyr, pro, glu, glu, lys.......... | leu, leu, ser, ala......... | ala, val, val | his, his | val, phe, tyr | .......hairy ......................| plump................................ | 2 legged......................| round head.| no tail..| red pigment. Web Lab Directory. Make A Cloud. 46K+Do your kids ever ask you how a cloud is made?
My oldest asks me that a lot, and although I can explain it to her I thought it would be a LOT more fun to let her make a cloud. That is why we decided to try this experiment. One of the coolest things about this experiment is that you can actually see the cloud building up in the jar and then when you take the lid off you can touch it. Both girls had fun with this experiment and we had to make several clouds so they could watch them form and then let them loose to touch. What is happening with this experiment? Check out our SCIENCE board on Pintrest for more Experiments! Supplies Jar With Lid Warm Water (should be steaming a little but not boiling) Ice Match Directions Pour warm water in the bottom of your jar. Light a match and throw into jar then replace lid. Watch the cloud form, and how it moves in a circular pattern in the jar. DNA: Cystic Fibrosis. Double Blasted. In early August of 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi had a run of the worst luck imaginable.
A double blast of radiation left his future, and the future of his descendants, in doubt. In this short: an utterly amazing survival story that spans ... well, 4 billion years when you get down to it. On the morning of August 6th, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a work trip. He was walking to the office when the first atomic bomb was dropped about a mile away. #7: Protein Sentences (learned from) - My Top 10 Biology Activities -Lorien Francis. Human Karyotyping Activity. A Recipe for Traits.