HOW TO PLAY: • • • • • • •
Everyone gets a nucleotide card (A/U OR C/G). Recall that these are your RNA bases. One side of the card will have one base, the other side will have its complement I will call out an two amino acids for which I want you to form a codon (pick one) You will have 10 seconds to find 2 partners with whom to form your codon. If you have a group coding for one of the amino acids when the 10 seconds are up, you get a point. If you don’t have a group coding for the amino acid when the 10 seconds are up, you get no points. Keep track of your own individual points. Questions about protein synthesis may be asked throughout the game for BONUS POINTS! • REMEMBER: A codon is a unit of 3 nucleotides in a specific arrangement to code for an amino acid • REMEMBER: There are multiple codons per amino acid, so choose your group wisely.
CODON CHART: