Week 8
What did you learn this week?
Today, we learned about Mutation. We talked about how mutation happens and demonstrated them through the mutation simulations we did in our lab. We also created our own superhero by showing the mutations of a sequence. The superhero activity talked about how there are substitutions in a sequence, and that will not change the overall sequence. There are insertions in a sequence that add amino acids into the sequence and can change the outcome of the person. The last one is deletion, which is when there are amino acids being taken away from the sequence, so it changes the person into a totally different thing.
How can you apply what you learned to your future teachings?
I think the superhero activity would be a fun and exciting activity for elementary students. I would do something similar to keep my students engaged in the lesson. I would probably make the lesson a little more clear for young students to understand and add a drawing part or something to make it a little more fun. But it is a great way to show the different mutations.
Questions:
How can you explain mutation in words that young elementary students would understand?
Your child turned out so beautiful, what great genes she got! I am also wondering how to simplify mutation into terms that young learners would grasp. I felt the activities we did in class were a little above elementary-level students' skills.
ReplyDeleteI also thought the superhero activity would be fun to use in my future classroom. It was a fun way to learn about mutations that kept me engaged. I was also wondering about how to teach these topics to a younger elementary student. I did not learn about codons and mutations until I was much older.
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