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Kathy Vandiver, Ph.D. and Amanda Gruhl, Ph.D. Community Outreach and Education Program, Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS),
MIT, Cambridge MA
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Look at kit compartments/ read labels. Learn about DNA & RNA nucleotides
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There are channel protein genes with mutations. Let’s see what happens!
Teams should construct their LEGO DNA on top of the gene strip.
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Three nucleotides in a row means a certain amino acid.
Use the gene strips to help you learn about codons.
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You can decode the DNA message!
Find the amino acid from the DNA codon list on page 16 & 17.
•Place the amino acid card under each codon. •Pretend the amino acids are linked into a protein. •See how the DNA will determine how to build a protein? Each DNA nucleotide is important in the code.