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D.I.Y Dna Form

D.I.Y DNA Form

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/diy-dna-form • Posted by Arty Crafty Bee

This is a very fun to make DNA form...you can use it in your class to "wow" your teachers.

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

1 h 30

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

This is a very fun to make DNA form...you can use it in your class to "wow" your teachers.

Instructions

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    This is the template I used.

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    Take a Styrofoam,X-acto knife and a marker.

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    Cut the Styrofoam into rectangular pieces.

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    Take a cork sheet line out how long and width you want your sticks to be. Then cut them out using a box cutter.Split the sticks in 2 sections. I have 13 sticks I’m splitting them in 5 and 8. You can also use bigger ratio if you wish.

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    Pick a section to color. I’m picking the small section: o First color the sticks both ends blue (Sugar) o Then in the middle Half yellow (Adenine) o Then the other half Green (Thymine) Color the rest like tha

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    Now take the large section, o Color both end blue (like before) o Half of the middle Red (Cytosine) o Other half Orange/Brown (Guanine) Leave them out to dry.

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    I have done coloring the pieces.

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    Thread a thick thread to a needle as long as your sticks are when you keep them aligned Now find a place to hang the thread, hang it keep the needle hanging from the bottom.

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    I’m going to name the two sections to make it easy Small section is “A”, large section is “B”. Take a piece of A get it through the thread then take a piece of B get it through the thread glue it to the previous stick but not straight, make it a little curved as if you’re almost making an “X”(These curves helps to get the spiral shape. Now thread another B glue it the previous B and keep it curved. I’ve added a picture to understand what comes after what. I hope you enjoy making this.