Teaching DNA?
Your students will LOVE making DNA models out of candy!
All you need:
*colored marshmallows (i recommend letting them sit out and get stale for a few hours!!)
*twizzlers
*tooth picks
*towel or plates for the desks
*rubric (coming soon!)
Materials:
Under Construction:
Ta'Da!
Final Product:
This can be extended by "unzipping" and replicating the DNA...
10 comments:
This is so incredibly cool!!! Thank you for sharing! I will definitely be doing this activity this school year.:)
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This is a great science lesson. I am POSITIVE science was never this fun. Love your blog posts.
I love this activity! It's all about making Science come alive & fun for the kids!
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@Tamara- Great! I hope your students enjoy it! It was cheap to do too...only cost me around 6 for the supplies.
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I love this! I do something very similar with elements from the periodic table called "Edible Elements." I use jumbo marshmallows as my nucleus, twizzlers as my electron rings to make them visible, and toothpicks to attach everything.
Ooooh!! Edible elements sounds awesome! I'd love to see pics or a blog post when you do that activity this year!!
It's amazing how similar this is to my edible elements. Here's a link to my edible element post. :)
http://newlifeitsanewdayandimfeelingood.blogspot.com/2012/01/edible-elements.html
My students are going to LOVE this activity! Thanks!
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