This worksheet will you organize your thoughts for the discussion. write down some notes based on the questions and prompts below.

topic 1: the experiment
1. write down a brief summary of the main steps you took in the procedure. be sure to include any adjustments you made to the procedure and why you made them.

2. what step makes or breaks the results in this procedure? the answer should include a discussion of the importance of carefully reading dna codons.

topic 2: the concepts
3. what did this lab teach you about the different types of dna mutations?

4. in this experiment, you modeled and researched the effects of dna mutations. would you say most dna mutations are negative, positive, or neutral (neither negative nor positive)? justify your answer.

5. what about dna mutations would you like to understand better? state a question that you would like to research the answer to.