DNA Starter Kit©
Lending Library
Your students will drive their own learning as they do the twist with DNA’s double-stranded structure.
Loan Period
Delivery
Loan Time Frame: 3 weeks (1 week loan plus 2 weeks for delivery and return shipping)
Local Pickup (Greater Milwaukee Area)
Loan Time Frame: 2 weeks
Cost
You only pay for return shipping
Request to BorrowTeaching Points
3D Molecular Designs’ friendly, interactive foam DNA model makes double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA. It will quickly capture your students’ attention as you introduce the basics of DNA structure then move into replication and transcription. This easy to build model is a perfect starting point that students can use to test their ideas and transfer their understanding to other, more complex models. Groups of students can:
- Pair nitrogenous bases using the base pairing rule to create a sequence
- Transform the familiar ladder shape of DNA with a simple twist
- Explore the semi-conservative replication of DNA
- Synthesize mRNA using sugar-phosphate pieces to show transcription
This easy to build model is a perfect starting point that students can use to test their ideas and transfer their understanding to other, more complex models.
Find additional resources for this kit here: DNA Starter Kit© Classroom Resources
Included Materials
6 DNA Starter Kits© per case – Each kit contains:
- 12 red adenines
- 12 blue cytosine
- 12 green guanines
- 12 yellow thymine
- 6 white uracil
- 4 long gray DNA backbone pieces
- 24 gray sugar–phosphate backbone pieces
- 12 purple sugar–phosphate backbone pieces
- 48 orange phosphate pieces
- 48 orange connector pieces
