Worksheets

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There are no labs to get checked off by the BLC staff for this lesson.

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Textbook assignment

Step 1:

Read Chapter 14, pages 255-269, and Chapter 15, pages 278-279, in your text and answer the related questions on your worksheets.

Textbook publisher's web activities

Step 2: Complete the following activities from the textbook publisher's website. Answer the related questions on your worksheet. These activities are from a previous edition of your textbook - that's OK. (Note: Only complete the activities listed below, not all of the activities for each text chapter.)

Chapter 14 textbook publisher's web activities

• 14.2 - Art Quiz - Griffin's experiment of transformation (Optional)
• 14.2 - Art Quiz - Hershey - Chase experiment (Optional)
• 14.2 - ESP - Nucleic acids
• 14.2 - DNA structure (Requires Real Player)
• 14.3 - ESP - DNA replication
• 14.3 - Art Quiz - Base pairing
• 14.4 - Art Quiz - One gene/One polypeptide evidence
  

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Lab activities

Complete the following activities and answer the related questions on your worksheet.

Step 3: Complete Internet Activity - DNA from the Beginning
(Optional but recommended)

Step 4: Complete Internet Activity - Nucleic Acids Problem Set
(No points but important for your exam)

Self quiz

Step 5: Review material from lesson 11 to prepare for your exam.

Use the self-quiz below to review material from lesson 11 that will be on your exam. These questions are similar, but not identical, to questions on your exam.

Click here to begin the multiple choice self-quiz for lesson 11

Optional

DNA Workshop - You Try It
This PBS website is a great interactive review of DNA replication and protein synthesis (which we'll cover in lesson 12). Read the introduction, the click on "DNA Workshop Activity".

Genetic Science Learning Center - University of Utah
This site has introductory sections such as "What is DNA?" and "What are chromosomes?" It also has some at-home DNA extraction activities, and information about stem cell research and cloning.

Online Biology Book - DNA and Molecular Genetics
Mike Farabee's online text pulls together many different resources. This section includes the structure of DNA and DNA replication.