Create your own DNA!
In PowerPoint use the shapes on the next
slide to create a double-stranded piece of
DNA that is five base pairs in length. The
structure should correspond to the model
put forward by Watson and Crick.
You can move the pieces off the white slide
by dragging and dropping with your mouse.
To make more parts simply copy and paste
the pieces. You can then create your DNA
strand on the white slide.
When you have finished, work out which
parts of the DNA you have created
correspond to the boxed labels. Work with a
partner to take turns in explaining these
labels.
Hydrogen
bonds
5’ end
3’ end
Nucleotide
Phosphate group
Base
Polynucleotide
Sugar
Sugar–phosphate
backbone