Lesson 5A: Heredity part A-mitosis, meiosis and protein synthesis
A. Practice Questions and Answers
Answer selected MCAS multiple choice
B. On line tutorials/reviews
Use the websites below to complete the review tasks:
1.Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis (handout)
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm mitosis animation
http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm meiosis animation
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab3/concepts1.html step by step tutorial
2. Check progress with drag and drop activity
http://biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/ practice dragging chromosomes through mitosis and meiosis
3.Review steps of Protein synthesis-transcription and translation
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/JWANAMAKER/animations/Protein%20Synthesis%20-%20long.html protein synthesis
4. Practice steps of protein synthesis with the following
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/# interactive replication, transcription and translation **click at green arrow
complete the activity on protein synthesis
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe/
transcribe a gene interactivity, this one uses genetic code chart
5. review types of mutations
http://staff.tuhsd.k12.az.us/gfoster/standard/bmut.htm mutations
C. Practice open response question/group discussion