Topic 6: Nucleic acids and protein synthesis (CIE International A-level Biology)

This is a fully-resourced lesson bundle, where the detailed and engaging PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets have been designed to cover the details of topic 6 of the CIE International A-level Biology specification which concerns the nucleic acids and protein synthesis. All 7 of the lessons include differentiated tasks to cater for all abilities of students whilst containing the detail to push them to the next level.

The following specification points are covered within these lessons:

• The structure of nucleotides
• ATP as a phosphorylated nucleotide
• The structure of DNA
• The structure of mRNA, tRNA and rRNA
• DNA replication
• Genes and polypeptides
• Gene mutations
• Sickle cell anaemia
• Transcription and translation

Links are continually made throughout the lessons to previously-covered topics as well as to those which will be covered later in the AS course or during the second year

If you would like to sample the quality of the lessons, download the semi-conservative replication and gene mutation lessons as these have been shared for free