How do you make a DNA model out of pipe cleaners?
With pipe cleaners and pony beads, you can create a helpful model for study.
- Cut two pipe cleaners into 6-inch lengths.
- Cut the remaining pieces of pipe cleaner into eight 2 1/2-inch strips.
- Twist your base pair pieces around the strands of your DNA to attach.
- Twist your strands to form your DNA into a double helix.
How do you make a DNA model with toothpicks?
Second: Connect two different coloured candies together using the toothpicks. Connect the toothpicks with the candy to the licorice strands so that the candy pieces are between the two strands. Next: Holding the ends of the licorice sticks, twist the structure slightly and you have a DNA model!
How do you make a DNA model out of candy?
- Assemble one side (backbone) of your DNA molecule. Take one of your pieces of licorice and lay it flat on a paper towel.
- Add your nitrogenous bases. Your nitrogenous bases are your gum drops.
- Match the nitrogenous base pairs.
- Complete your DNA model.
- Make a double helix.
- Label your model.
- Show your teacher your model.
Where can I get Styrofoam balls for DNA model?
You can find Styrofoam balls at your local craft store or online. Take 24 of the balls and paint 12 green and leave 12 white. These green and white balls will make up the strands that run along the outside of your DNA model, or the sugar and phosphate of your double helix.
What to use to make a DNA model?
Teachers assign projects to make DNA models to help pupils learn the structural characteristics of DNA. The nucleotides on a double helix are represented by different colored construction materials. Use colored Styrofoam balls for a DNA model project that covers the lesson and gets a good grade. Paint 12 Styrofoam balls green.
How to make a double helix out of Styrofoam?
Make the double helix. Using the needle and string, cut a piece that is long enough to go the length of 15 styrofoam balls. Tie a knot at one end of the string, and thread the needle on the other. Line up the styrofoam sugar and phosphate balls, so that they alternate in sets of 15.
How to make a DNA ladder rung from paint?
Leave 12 balls plain white. Allow ample time for the paint to dry before beginning the DNA model project. Push one red and one yellow ball onto the same toothpick. Place white balls on both ends of that toothpick to create the first ladder rung.
