Biology - EC: BIO.A.2.2.3
Biology - EC: BIO.A.2.2.3
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
Commencement
Course, Subject
Biology
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- What are the monomers that make up carbohydrates called?
- What are the monomers that make up proteins called?
- What type of bond holds amino acids together?
- The backbones of nucleic acid molecules are made of what?
- In the structure of nucleic acids, purines always pair with what?
- How is the primary structure of a protein determined?
- DNA molecules that contain different genetic information can be distinguished by looking at what part of the DNA structure?
- When a child has a fever it can become very dangerous for the important proteins in the body. What happens to these proteins?
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Monosaccharaides
- Sugars
- Glucose
- Amino acids
- Peptide bond
- Phosphates and sugars
- Pyrimidine
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- By the sequence of the amino acids
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Within DNA molecules, the nitrogenous bases would have a different pattern distinguished the genetic information.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- The proteins will start to change shape and not function properly. This cannot be reversed.
