Free to use in class. Play it a few times; it's made to support what students learn in class, not replace it.
About this song
A cinematic rock anthem about the nucleus for grades 6-9. A glowing cell map and step-by-step diagrams show every part as it's sung: the double-membrane envelope, nuclear pores, chromatin on histone spools, chromosomes, the nucleolus, and how a gene becomes a protein.
Dr. Lewicki Science Series
Check yourself
Where does transcription happen?
Show the answer
In the nucleus. The DNA is copied into mRNA there; the mRNA then leaves through a nuclear pore, and translation happens in the cytoplasm on ribosomes.
Key terms
nucleus
cell nucleus
nuclear envelope
nuclear pores
chromatin
histones
chromosomes
nucleolus
transcription
translation
mRNA
DNA to RNA to protein
central dogma
protein synthesis
Standards it supports
MS-LS1-2Model the function of a cell as a whole and how the parts of cells contribute to that function.
HS-LS1-1How the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins, which carry out the work of cells.
NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards.
Lesson pack
Coming soon for this song: a lyric sheet, fill-in-the-blanks, vocabulary, a quiz and an exit ticket.
