home

__DNA Discovery Bio’s__ __Description__: You and a partner will be assigned to research and present a short biography on the life of a scientist / team of scientists that has contributed to our understanding of the molecule DNA. You will present this information on your own page of this wiki. Upon posting your biography, you will visit each of the other biographies and write a one sentence summary of the specific contributions made to the study of DNA as described by the biography. After writing your summaries, you will take a 12 point check for understanding.

__Your wiki page must include the following:__ 1. The name of the scientist / team of scientists (both first and last) 2. Biographical information including: nationality, date of birth, education, occupation, DNA discovery and date of death (if applicable). 3. The DNA discovery should be a detailed description of what the scientist discovered, how they made their discovery and when they made their discovery. 4. A digital image of the scientist(s) and at least one digital image with relevance to the DNA discovery. Images should include descriptive captions. 5. Minimum of 3 reputable sources from which you derived and checked your information.

__Possible Scientists:__ Friedrich Miescher Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene Erwin Chargaff Archibald Garrod George Beadle and Edward Tatum Fredrick Griffith Oswald Avery Hershey and Chase Watson and Crick Linus Pauling Rosalind Franklin Maurice Wilkins Ian Wilmut

__How will you be graded on this project? Points Possible: 75 pts__ Graded Item 15-13 points 12-10 points 9-6 points 5-0 points  Points / Comment
 * Organization || Information is very well organized with well constructed paragraphs and subheadings. || Information is organized with well constructed paragraphs. || Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well constructed. || Information appears to be disorganized. ||  ||
 * Quality of Information || All topics are addressed and all questions are answered thoroughly and accurately. || All topics are addressed and most are answered thoroughly and accurately. || All topics are addressed and most questions answered accurately. || One or more topics not addressed. ||  ||
 * Grammar / Spelling || ||  || No or very few grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. || Grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors common throughout. ||   ||
 * Images ||  || All images are relevant, accurate, add to the reader’s understanding and include relevant captions. || All images are accurate, and have captions, however, do not necessarily aid in the reader’s understanding. || One or more images and / or captions are missing, irrelevant or inaccurate ||   ||
 * Internet Sources ||  || All sources (for information and graphics) are documented in MLA format || All sources (information and graphics) are documented. || Some sources are not documented ||   ||