DNA MODEL PROJECT
Details are very specific. Please be sure to follow the given guidelines. Refer to Chapter 12 or
look up information on DNA from the library or internet.
Projects are to be turned in BEFORE 1st period, IN THE SCIENCE LAB downstairs…in the
specified place for each class period. Projects turned in after 1st period will have late points
deducted.
You are to construct a 3-dimensional DNA model…You will be graded on the following:
1. Project must have your name, period, & date CLEARLY AND NEATLY attached to the
project in a location that will be easy for the teacher to see.
2. You will be graded on NEATNESS.
3. You will be graded on CREATIVITY.
4. Your Project must have a title label on it….neat and clearly seen.
5. You are to label all structures on the project…they must be neat and labels are to be
correct! Watch spelling also.
6. Your “sugar” must be correctly represented in terms of shape (5 sided)…and you must
look up the technical term for it and label it as such.
7. Your project must contain phosphates. They are to be properly represented in terms of
location and proportion.
8. Your project must contain the four nitrogen bases. Each base must be distinct from all
other nitrogen bases. The shape must complement the way that the bases pair up. So the
bases have to be distinct and properly paired.
9. Your project must have hydrogen bonds…they are to be put in the proper place.
10. Your project must show the typical double helix shape of the DNA molecule.
11. Projects are due THE MORNING of the due date. You are to turn your project in before
1st period in the area designated by your teacher. You are also to turn projects in at the
location designated for YOUR CLASS PERIOD.
12. Late projects will have 15 points deducted for each day they are late.
13. Projects cannot be made with edible items.
14. Projects must contain a minimum of six “ladder rungs/steps” aka nitrogen base pairs.
15. NO KITS OR PRE-MADE MODELS…NO USING PARTS FROM MODELS!!! No projects will
be given points if kit items are used.
**The model should have at least 6 "steps" in the DNA ladder.