Description
Unlock the secrets of life with this student-favorite Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab! This hands-on, unforgettable activity allows your students to visualize actual DNA from a strawberry.
What’s Included?
- Materials list and step-by-step guide for the teacher.
- Clear explanations of the "why" behind each step (the roles of mashing, soap, salt, and alcohol).
- Links to a helpful video to show students what to expect.
- Printable Student Worksheets:
- Pre-Lab Questions: Activate prior knowledge and get students hypothesizing about the experiment.
- Lab Procedure & Observation Sheet: A clear, check-off list for students to follow during the lab, with space to record their observations.
- Analysis & Conclusions: Includes thought-provoking questions to deepen understanding, plus a real-world connection to discuss why scientists extract DNA.
- Debrief Worksheet: Encourages students to reflect on their team's process, successes, and challenges, fostering a growth mindset.
- Teacher Resources:
- Teacher’s Edition: Answer keys for all worksheets.
- Key Vocabulary: A list of essential terms (DNA, Nucleus, Precipitation, Lysis, etc.) with definitions.
- Easy Grading Rubric: A simple rubric to assess student work.
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Highlights
Digital downloads
Grades
6th - 9th
Subjects
Standards
NGSSHS-LS3-3
NGSSHS-LS3-1
NGSSMS-LS1-1
Pages
15
Teaching Duration
1 hour
Description
Unlock the secrets of life with this student-favorite Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab! This hands-on, unforgettable activity allows your students to visualize actual DNA from a strawberry.
What’s Included?
- Materials list and step-by-step guide for the teacher.
- Clear explanations of the "why" behind each step (the roles of mashing, soap, salt, and alcohol).
- Links to a helpful video to show students what to expect.
- Printable Student Worksheets:
- Pre-Lab Questions: Activate prior knowledge and get students hypothesizing about the experiment.
- Lab Procedure & Observation Sheet: A clear, check-off list for students to follow during the lab, with space to record their observations.
- Analysis & Conclusions: Includes thought-provoking questions to deepen understanding, plus a real-world connection to discuss why scientists extract DNA.
- Debrief Worksheet: Encourages students to reflect on their team's process, successes, and challenges, fostering a growth mindset.
- Teacher Resources:
- Teacher’s Edition: Answer keys for all worksheets.
- Key Vocabulary: A list of essential terms (DNA, Nucleus, Precipitation, Lysis, etc.) with definitions.
- Easy Grading Rubric: A simple rubric to assess student work.
Report this resource to TPT
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Standards
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NGSSHS-LS3-3
Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population. Emphasis is on the use of mathematics to describe the probability of traits as it relates to genetic and environmental factors in the expression of traits. Assessment does not include Hardy-Weinberg calculations.
NGSSHS-LS3-1
Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring. Assessment does not include the phases of meiosis or the biochemical mechanism of specific steps in the process.
NGSSMS-LS1-1
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. Emphasis is on developing evidence that living things are made of cells, distinguishing between living and non-living cells, and understanding that living things may be made of one cell or many and varied cells.
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