Desinger Genes
2013 DESIGNER GENES TRAINING GUIDE by Karen L. Lancour
DISCLAIMER - This presentation was prepared using draft rules. There may be some changes in the final copy of the rules. The rules which will be in your Coaches Manual and Student Manuals will be the official rules. • BE SURE TO CHECK THE 2013 EVENT RULES for EVENT PARAMETERS and TOPICS FOR EACH COMPETITION LEVEL
TRAINING MATERIALS: • Training Power Point presents an overview of material in the training handout • Training Handout presents introductory topic content information for the event • Sample Tournament has sample problems with key • Event Supervisor Guide has event preparation tips, setup needs and scoring tips • Internet Resource & Training Materials are available on the Science Olympiad website at www.soinc.org under Event Information. • A Biology-Earth Science CD as well as the Division B and Division C Test Packets are available from SO store at www.soinc.org
Students will solve problems using their knowledge of Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology, and Population Genetics. This event may be run as stations but it need not be. It is a very different event when run as paper pencil. The best competition is still as stations using process skills and problem solving.
Every attempt should be made to avoid over-emphasis on a particular area.
1. At the various levels, areas to be tested include:
|Regional & State |Regional & State |National (all topics) |
|DNA structure & function |Lac & Trp Operons |Restriction mapping |
|DNA Semi-conservative Replication |DNA Fingerprinting/RFLP |Mitochondrial DNA |
|Gene expression (transcription and translation |DNA
DISCLAIMER - This presentation was prepared using draft rules. There may be some changes in the final copy of the rules. The rules which will be in your Coaches Manual and Student Manuals will be the official rules. • BE SURE TO CHECK THE 2013 EVENT RULES for EVENT PARAMETERS and TOPICS FOR EACH COMPETITION LEVEL
TRAINING MATERIALS: • Training Power Point presents an overview of material in the training handout • Training Handout presents introductory topic content information for the event • Sample Tournament has sample problems with key • Event Supervisor Guide has event preparation tips, setup needs and scoring tips • Internet Resource & Training Materials are available on the Science Olympiad website at www.soinc.org under Event Information. • A Biology-Earth Science CD as well as the Division B and Division C Test Packets are available from SO store at www.soinc.org
Students will solve problems using their knowledge of Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology, and Population Genetics. This event may be run as stations but it need not be. It is a very different event when run as paper pencil. The best competition is still as stations using process skills and problem solving.
Every attempt should be made to avoid over-emphasis on a particular area.
1. At the various levels, areas to be tested include:
|Regional & State |Regional & State |National (all topics) |
|DNA structure & function |Lac & Trp Operons |Restriction mapping |
|DNA Semi-conservative Replication |DNA Fingerprinting/RFLP |Mitochondrial DNA |
|Gene expression (transcription and translation |DNA