Forensics Worksheet: DNA Profiles and STRs
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Make teaching Forensics easy with this DNA Profiles and STRs Worksheet. Use this resources as an introduction, review, reinforcement, independent work, or as an assessment. The background information and questions provided make this an easy to use assignment students can master with little instruction. Real FBI data and cold-case data make this an engaging activity for students. Teacher answer key is included!
Upon completion of this worksheet, students will be able to:
Content Standards:
- SFS3f: Compare short tandem repeat patterns (STR) and relate to identifying the DNA of an individual.
- SFS3g: Explain the use of DNA database of DNA profiling.
Content Objectives (TSWBAT):
- Explain the steps involved in DNA profiling
- Identify a suspect based on DNA fingerprints
- Understand short tandem repeats (STRs) and how they are used to solve crimes
- Identify CODIS STR Loci from a diagram
- Use FBI STR loci allele frequency data to analyze genetic variations
- Use FBI STR loci allele frequency data to solve a crime
- Create a DNA profile from given data
Literacy Standards (Students will):
- L11-12RST1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.
- L11-12RST2: Determine the central ideas of conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paragraphing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
- L11-12RST3: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurement, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.
Language Objectives:
- Discuss the steps in DNA Fingerprinting.
- Write, discuss, and use key vocabulary appropriately.
Key Vocabulary: DNA, allele, gene, DNA fingerprint, STR, STR, PCR, gel electrophoresis, restriction enzymes, DNA profile, nucleotide, polymer, single nucleotide polymorphisms, STR markers, primer, allele, chromosome, homologous chromosomes, CODIS, exon, intron, familial searching, forensic genealogy, gene, human genome,, kinship, karyotype
