3d Molecular Designs Dna Replication Activity Guide

Flow of Genetic Information Kit^©

Don't be surprised if one of your students blurts "Now I get it!" while using our Flow of Genetic Information Kit^©. Manipulating the kit's color-coded foam nucleotides and placemats, students:

Model replication of the leading and lagging strands of DNA.
Model transcription as they copy one strand of DNA into mRNA using an RNA polymerase.
Model translation/protein synthesis as they decode the mRNA into protein on the ribosome placemat.

Your students can then explore the folding of the protein into its final 3D shape using the popular Amino Acid Starter Kit^©.

Photo Gallery

Replication: DNA Polymerase Catalyzes the Synthesis of New DNA

Leading Strand (Top) & Lagging Strand (Bottom)

Semiconservative Replication

Transcription: RNA Polymerase Binds to DNA

Transcription: The mRNA is Synthesized

Transcription: The mRNA Transcript is Released

Translation: Ribosomal Subunits Bind to the mRNA

Translation: Amino Acids are Added to the Growing Protein

Translation: The mRNA Transcript is Released

Replacement DNA and RNA Nucleotide Set

Side Chain Expansion Pack

tRNA Expansion Pack

Kit Contents

Flow of Genetic Information Kit^©

Placemats

1 DNA Replication Placemat (12'' x 19'')

1 Transcription Placemat (12'' x 19'')

1 Translation Placemat (12'' x 19'')

2 DNA Polymerase Ovals

1 Transcription Bridge

Sticky-Back Foam

3 Pieces of Orange Sticky-Back Foam for Replication Placemat

5 Pieces of Red Sticky-Back Foam for Transcription Placemat

3 Pieces of Purple Sticky-Back Foam for Translation Placemat

4 Pieces of Gray Sticky-Back Foam for Polymerase Ovals

1 Sheet of Stickers

MAPS

2 DNA Sequence Maps (I and II)

2 RNA Sequence Maps (I and II)

9 Tan tRNA Molecules

1 Tan Release Factor

10 White Amino Acids

DNA Nucleotides

40 Red Adenine 24 Gray Adenine

40 Yellow Thymine 24 Gray Thymine

40 Blue Cytosine 24 Gray Cytosine

40 Green Guanine 24 Gray Guanine

RNA Nucleotides

10 Red Adenine

10 White Uracil

10 Blue Cytosine

10 Green Guanine

1 Genetic Codon Mini Chart

Flow of Genetic Information Kit^© Side Chain Expansion Pack

Amino Acid Side Chains

1 each Isoleucine, Glutamic Acid, Methionine and Proline

2 each Cysteine and Histidine

Clips

1 each Red and Blue Clips

2 each Green and White Clips

4 Yellow Clips

Flow of Genetic Information Kit^© Replacement Nucleotide Set

DNA Nucleotides

40 Red Adenine

40 Yellow Thymine

40 Blue Cytosine

40 Green Guanine

RNA Nucleotides

10 Red Adenine

10 White Uracil

10 Blue Cytosine

10 Green Guanine

Flow of Genetic Information Kit^© tRNA Expansion Pack

3 sheets of brown generic tRNAs

1 sheet of white amino acids

1 sheet of blank optional stickers

Flow of Genetic Information Kit Contents and Assembly

Find information about the contents of your Flow of Genetic Information Kit© and directions for assembling the pieces so you and your students can start exploring DNA replication, RNA transcription and translation/protein synthesis.

Flow of Genetic Information Kit Teacher Notes

This activity guide will help you consider different ways you may use these materials. We encourage you to modify these lessons and activities to meet the learning objectives and needs of your specific students.

Product Details

Grade Level

Middle School
High School
College

Students per Group

Warnings

Choking Hazard
Science Education Product
California Proposition 65

List Price

$321 (FGIK-03)

$625 (FGIK-06)
Additional DNA & RNA Nucleotide Set
$23 (FGIK-ANS)

Side Chain Expansion Pack

$29 (FGIK-SCEP)

tRNA Expansion Pack

$14 (FGIK-TEP)

Teacher Tips

Please allot approximately 45 minutes to assemble the first kit and 30 minutes for each additional kit (if you have more than one). Colors may fade. Consider storing foam kits in a dark location such as a closet, cabinet or drawer.

If you wish to use the replication, transcription and translation placements simultaneously in your classroom, you will need to purchase a Replacement DNA & RNA Nucleotide Set to ensure that you have enough pieces.

If you have the Amino Acid Starter Kit^©, the appropriate side chains from that kit can be inserted into the 10 white amino acids included with the Flow of Genetic Information Kit ^© . You can also purchase the Side Chain Expansion Pack described above.

You may wish to use the gray nucleotides to make the new "daughter" strands in the replication activity, in order to call student attention to the newly-synthesized DNA. You can also use them to model the different patterns that emerge in the Meselson and Stahl experiment that determined how the process of DNA replication occurs.

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