Flow Of Genetic Information Kit©
Lending Library
With three foundational concepts that students can model, this kit is a favorite in the classroom.
Loan Period
Delivery
Loan Time Frame: 3 weeks (1 week loan plus 2 weeks for delivery and return shipping)
Local Pickup (Greater Milwaukee Area)
Loan Time Frame: 2 weeks
Cost
You only pay for return shipping
Request to BorrowTeaching Points
The Central Dogma of Biology makes sense when your students can make it happen right before their eyes. Don’t be surprised if someone blurts “Now I get it!” while using this kit. You can also purchase the Side Chain Expansion Pack or use the side chains from the Amino Acid Starter Kit© to add even more authenticity and connections!
- Identify essential enzymes like helicase and polymerase
- Model replication of the leading and lagging strands of DNA
- Explore transcription as they copy one strand of DNA into mRNA using an RNA polymerase
- Engage in translation/protein synthesis as they decode the mRNA into protein on the ribosome placemat
- Reenact the different results of the Meselson and Stahl experiments
Find additional resources for this kit here: Flow of Genetic Information Kit© Classroom Resources
Included Materials
3 Flow of Genetic Information Kits© per case – Each kit contains:
- 1 DNA Replication placemat
- 1 transcription placemat
- 1 translation placemat
- 2 DNA polymerase ovals
- Sequence 1 replication and transcription map
- Sequence 1 transcription and translation map
- 9 tan tRNA molecules
- 1 tan release factor
- 11 white amino acids
- Colored DNA round nucleotides
- Gray DNA round nucleotides
- Colored RNA square nucleotides
