{"id":377,"date":"2018-06-20T15:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/discoverneuroscience\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2019-06-08T13:03:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T12:03:53","slug":"dna-lesson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-teachers\/teaching-resources\/lesson-resources\/dna-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson students will learn to describe the structure of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips2'>DNA<\/span>, and then explain how the structure of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips2'>DNA<\/span> controls the production of proteins such as insulin. In addition to this, they will begin to describe genetic engineering in simple terms.<\/p>\n<p>For this lesson, you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2018\/06\/DNA-lesson-plan.docx\">Lesson Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2018\/06\/How-does-DNA-control-our-characteristics.pptx\">PowerPoint<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Student Booklets <strong>(to be added)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Coloured\/numbered beads or plasticine for building proteins (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the presentations and files can be downloaded by clicking on the bullet pointed documents above.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips2','A\u00a0self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips8','Any or all of the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental psychology, which deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and brain.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips20','Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds which have large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies.'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson students will learn to describe the structure of DNA, and then explain how the structure of DNA controls the production of proteins such as insulin. In addition to this, they will begin to describe genetic engineering in simple terms. For this lesson, you will need: Lesson Plan &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3738,"featured_media":1055,"parent":171,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3738"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/1206"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}