...Andrea M.-K. Bierema Students often struggle with the concept of protein synthesis, which incorporates two main processes: transcription and translation. This article describes an activity in which students use craft supplies to physically model the process of translation. The teacher creates...

... and logically solve complex science and engineering problems. In this article, we share a successful lesson using protein synthesis to teach CT. This lesson focuses primarily on modeling and simulation practices with an extension activity focusing on the computational problem-solving practices of CT. We...

... direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2017 Central Dogma protein synthesis transcription translation protein folding protein...

... lesson, I (Dacey) searched for fun activities that allowed students to discover the process of protein synthesis (for an animation of this process, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OabrAXr_9rg ). The activities were designed to teach students how to read a messenger RNA (mRNA) codon sequence and match...

... questions. Students' satisfaction with the activity was generally high. 2 e-mail: ong.bessie@taylors.edu.my © 2010 by National Association of Biology Teachers 2010 Play transcription translation protein synthesis Because it involves several interconnected mechanisms...