Download Why is DNA called the "blueprint of life"?

Curriculum:
Topic:
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Date: May 14, 2014 ET
Biology Faculty
Keystone Biology Ch 09 Mod B
Days: 0
Subject(s): Science
Grade(s): 9th
Key Learning: DNA segments contain information for the production of proteins necessary for growth and
function of cells.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Why is DNA called the "blueprint of life"?
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
contributions by Griffith, Avery,
Hershey, and Chase
structure of DNA
replication
3.1.B.B3.a, BIO.B.1.2.2
3.1.B.B1.a, 3.1.B.B1.b, 3.1.B.B3.b, 3.1.B.B5.c, 3.1.B.B5.d,
3.1.B.A4.d
Describe the three components of a nucleotide.
Develop a model of the structure of a DNA molecule.
Evaluate the contributions of Chargaff, Franklin, and
Wilkins in helping Watson and Crick determine the
double-helical structure of DNA.
Relate the role of the base pairing rules to the structure of
DNA.
BIO.B.1.2.1 , BIO.B.1.2.2
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How does the structure of DNA support
replication? BIO.B.1.2.2 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How is the process of DNA replication result in
the transmission and/or conservation of genetic
information? BIO.B.1.2.1 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How did Griffith, Avery, Hershey, and Chase's
experiments contribute to the understanding of
viruses? (A)
BIO.B.1.2 Explain how genetic information is inherited.
How does the functional relationships between
DNA, genes, alleles, and chromosomes create
inheritance? BIO.B.1.2.2 (A)
Vocabulary:
vaccine
, virulent, transformation, bacteriophage
Vocabulary:
double helix
, nucleotide, deoxyribose, base-pairing rules
, complementary base pair
Vocabulary:
DNA replication
, DNA helicase
, replication fork
, DNA polymerase
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