CIE International A-level Biology TOPIC 6 REVISION (Nucleic acids and protein synthesis)

This is a detailed, engaging and fully-resourced REVISION LESSON which allows students of all abilities to assess their understanding of the content in topic 6 (Nucleic acids and protein synthesis) of the CIE International A-level Biology specification. Considerable time has been taken to design the lesson to include a wide range of activities to motivate the students whilst they evaluate their knowledge of DNA, RNA and the roles of these nucleic acids in DNA replication and protein synthesis. Most of the tasks have been differentiated so that students of differing abilities can access the work and move forward as a result of the tasks at hand.

This lesson has been planned to cover as much of the specification as possible but the following sub-topics have received particular attention:

• The structure of DNA
• Phosphorylated nucleotides
• DNA replication
• Transcription and translation
• Gene mutations and their affect on the primary structure of a polypeptide
• The structure of RNA

In addition to a focus on the current topic, links are made throughout the lesson to other topics such as the journey of an extracellular protein following translation and the cell cycle.

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