Part of Lesson Plan: DNA Ornament

Activity Overview / Details

Students will work on their own DNA model. The lab sheet below guides them through the steps. During this time, the teacher can walk around the room and help the students. Many of them will become confused at the pulling the pipe cleaner through step, review how to do this once with them normally helps. It is important to remind students to use their DNA alias as their base pair sequence. Students are usually about halfway through the first period when they begin their models. usually they finish their models on day 2.