Part of Lesson Plan: DNA Structure in a Shoe box-Matt Patton

Activity Overview / Details

Now tell the students that they are going to use the contents of their boxes to make a DNA model in class. Not only will they be able to construct the model during the class period but they will be able to identify each of the parts of a DNA molecule before the end of the period.
General instructions should be given to the students on how to construct the DNA model using the straws, beads, sting, and pipe cleaners. Students should be informed that they will be verbally quizzed upon the completion of their model on the parts and functions of each part of the DNA molecule. Credit will not be given for the model until the student has successfully identified each part including: nucleotides, hydrogen bonds, deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, backbone, adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine. Students may be tested as a group if they are working at lab stations or in cooperative groups.