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Free, curriculum-linked ideas for every concept in Biology made simple: goals, a discussion question and an exit ticket. Everything is CC BY 4.0, so print and adapt freely.
Curriculum links name broad school topics (as in NCERT/CBSE science and biology). Please check them against your current syllabus, as chapters have been revised in recent years.
Concept 1
Links to: Molecular basis of inheritance
Learning goals:
Discuss: If every cell has the same DNA, how do cells become different?
Exit ticket: Write the partner strand for ATGC, then its RNA copy.
Concept 2
Links to: Molecular basis of inheritance; regulation of gene expression
Learning goals:
Discuss: Why does a muscle cell not make the proteins of a nerve cell?
Exit ticket: What is an enhancer?
Concept 3
Links to: Molecular basis of inheritance; heredity and variation
Learning goals:
Discuss: How does 2 m of DNA fit in a cell?
Exit ticket: What does “epi” in epigenetics mean?
Concept 4
Links to: Molecular basis of inheritance
Learning goals:
Discuss: Why would a cell send an mRNA to one end?
Exit ticket: Name two things that happen to an mRNA after it is made.
Concept 5
Links to: Molecular basis of inheritance; biomolecules
Learning goals:
Discuss: How can four letters spell 20 amino acids?
Exit ticket: Translate AUG GCU UUC with a codon table.
Concept 6
Links to: Cell: structure and functions
Learning goals:
Discuss: How can a cell make a compartment without a wall?
Exit ticket: Name one droplet found inside cells.
Concept 7
Links to: Respiration in organisms; biomolecules
Learning goals:
Discuss: Can what we eat change how our genes are used?
Exit ticket: Which molecule supplies the acetyl tag?
Concept 8
Links to: Development; reproduction in animals
Learning goals:
Discuss: When does an embryo start using its own genes?
Exit ticket: Which genes peak at 2–4 hours in the chart?
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