GATTACA

GATTACA Interview Part I

Journal Page 38 

Interviewee’s name _____________________

1. If humans decided to begin living on another planet, would you want to go?  Why or why not?
2. Who do you think should be allowed to go to the new planet?  Anyone or only the “best” humans?
3. Have you ever wished that you could change something about yourself? If you could, would you?
4. How far would you go to do it?  (Ex: money, pain, sacrifice, fingers or toes, ANYTHING?)

 link to GATTACA Part 1 Survey

GATTACA Interviews Part II

Journal Page 38

Interviewee’s name _____________________

1. What experiences have you had with discrimination in your life? (yourself or to others)
2. How do you feel about the type of “genetic discrimination” shown in the film?
3. What parts of this movie do you think might someday become reality?  Why? When?
4. Do you think that Jerome (Vincent) is going to make it to the other planet?  Why or why not?
5. Did you thank your interviewee for their time?

link to Part II Survey

GATTACA Interviews Part III

Journal Page 38

Interviewee’s name _____________________

1. If you could have your boy/girl friend “sequenced” to see how good a “catch” they are, would you?  How much would you pay?  What would you want to know?
2. If you could parent a “Designer Baby,” would you want to?  Why or Why not?
3. If you did have a “designer baby” what advantages & disadvantages would you expect?
4. What concerns do you have about DNA/genetic technology?
5. What benefits do you think DNA/genetic technology could provide society?

link to Part III Survey

Tour of the Basics Webquest

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13.3

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13-3 DNA Mutations Vocabulary

Define these terms on Journal Page36

1. mutation
2. point mutation
3. frameshift mutation
4. mutagen
5. polyploidy
6. reproductive cell
7. body cell
8. chromosomal mutation
9. deletion
10. duplication
11. inversion
12. translocation

Figure 13-11

Blame it on the DNA Lyrics - Extra Credit due Friday 3/25

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 Blame it on the DNA music video

Blame it on the DNA – fill in the lyrics!

Blame it on the _____________ if your eyes are green Six fingers on your hands. Blame it on the strands. Blame it on the DNA. Blame it on the _____________. Ay you know it’s in the helix. _____________ bonds seal it. When it gets unraveled it makes _____________ travel From the nucleus to the _____________. Ribosomes it has ‘em translate into amino acids making _____________. _____________ bases dictate your races by protein we makin’. Transcription. _____________. You make mRNA from your genes all day Then translate it into _____________ chains. Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the Central _____________. DNA to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a _____________ disease. Blame it on the rungs if you can’t roll your _____________. Blame it on the _____________ pairs if you’ve got some red hair. Blame it on the DNA. Blame it on the _____________. Blame it on the chromosomes, blame it on the _____________. If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it. Blame it on the DNA. Blame it on the _____________. _____________ rays can mutate a gene so it codes for the wrong protein. Replace a C for a T. A _____________ mutation can change the amino acid. The change is final. You might be an _____________ Depending on what gene gets messed, What proteins are _____________. This is genetics! Nitrogenous bases dictate your races by protein we makin’. _____________. Translation. You make mRNA from your genes all day Then translate it into polypeptide chains. Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the _____________ Dogma. _____________ to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a genetic disease. Blame it on the genes if your eyes are green Six fingers on your hands. Blame it on the _____________. Blame it on the DNA. Blame it on the cytosine. Blame it on the _____________, blame it on the helix. If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it. Blame it on the _____________. Blame it on the guanine.

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Blame it on the DNA

Blame it on the DNA – finish the lyrics!

Blame it on the _____________ if your eyes are green

Six fingers on your hands.  Blame it on the strands. 

Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.

Ay you know it’s in the helix.  _____________ bonds seal it.

When it gets unraveled it makes _____________ travel

From the nucleus to the _____________.

Ribosomes it has ‘em translate into amino acids making _____________.

_____________ bases dictate your races by protein we makin’.

Transcription. _____________.

You make mRNA from your genes all day

Then translate it into _____________ chains.

Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the Central _____________.

DNA to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a _____________ disease.

Blame it on the rungs if you can’t roll your _____________.

Blame it on the _____________ pairs if you’ve got some red hair.

Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.

Blame it on the chromosomes, blame it on the _____________.

If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it.

Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.

_____________ rays can mutate a gene so it codes for the wrong protein.

Replace a C for a T.  A _____________ mutation can change the amino acid.

The change is final.  You might be an _____________

Depending on what gene gets messed,

What proteins are _____________. This is genetics!

Nitrogenous bases dictate your races by protein we makin’.

_____________. Translation.

You make mRNA from your genes all day

Then translate it into polypeptide chains.

Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the _____________ Dogma.

_____________ to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a genetic disease.

Blame it on the genes if your eyes are green

Six fingers on your hands.  Blame it on the _____________. 

Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the cytosine.

Blame it on the _____________, blame it on the helix.

If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it.

Blame it on the _____________.  Blame it on the guanine.

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