NAME ______________________ DATE ________ PERIOD ___
RACE FOR THE DOUBLE HELIX
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What does the discovery of the structure of DNA illustrate about how to do science?
2. What motivates different scientists? How do their attitudes toward science differ?
3. How did age, gender, and nationality affect the outcome of research at this time in
history? How do these factors affect research today?
4. What does this example of scientific discovery suggest about the importance of
combining the perspectives of different disciplines in an effort to solve a problem?
5. How is research funded and what effect does the funding source have on the outcome?
6. What is the next “big question”????
Patricia Meyers
Science Department Chair
Twin Valley High School
Elverson, PA 19520
pmeyers@twinval.k12.pa.us