Transcription Translation Looping Activity

Print the Transcription and Translation Activity Posters. This is a PDF so you can choose whether to use full or half sheets for each poster in printer settings. Hang the posters up around the classroom or down the hall, the order does not matter.

Print out the Looping Activity Student Guide. Students will use the guide as they go around the classroom and transcribe a DNA code into RNA and then translate the RNA into amino acids. It does not matter where students start but they will follow the same order once they get started. At the end, students will sort out the correct order of amino acids by starting with Methionine and ending with a stop codon.

 

Relevant Standards:

MS-LS1-1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• Standard: "Develop and use a model to describe how the structure of molecules and cells contributes to the function of a living organism."
• Relevance: Transcription and translation of DNA codons involve understanding the molecular structures (like DNA and RNA) and their roles in producing proteins.

MS-LS1-2: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• Standard: "Develop and use a model to describe how animals and plants use the information in DNA to maintain stability and function."
• Relevance: This involves understanding how genetic information encoded in DNA is used to produce proteins, maintaining the stability and function of an organism.