Worksheets
Biology Labs
Picking your teeth with DNA!
Problem(s): Where is DNA found in living organisms? What is DNA made of? What are
nucleotides? What are the four nitrogenous bases found in DNA? Which bases pair together in a
DNA molecule?
Hypothesis: ________________________________________________________.
Materials: 30 Toothpicks, 4 different colored markers, construction paper, Glue.
Procedure:
1. You will be given 30 toothpicks. Using the four markers, completely color each toothpick any
of colors you want. Make sure to color the toothpick one solid color and try use all the colors.
2. Take the piece of construction paper and cut it in half.
3. Draw the phosphate and sugar backbone on each piece of paper, as your teacher has written
on the board. There will need to be 15 phosphate and 15 sugar units on each paper. Take your
time!
4. Now on one of pieces of paper attach a tooth pick, with glue, to each sugar group.
5. Did you guess what the color on toothpick was for yet? Each color represents a different
nitrogenous base. Look at the board, find out which bases you have made.
6. To complete your DNA molecule, color your the remaining toothpicks the color of the
complementary base of your current strand and attach them to the sugar molecules of your
other stand of DNA, then attach both strands together by the bases (toothpicks).
Conclusion Questions:
1. Where is DNA found in a cell?
2. What are chromosomes?
3. What is the function of DNA?
SOURCE: www.teach-nology.com
Lights, Camera, Action!
Background: You will be making a movie showing how an enzyme works. You will design a flip-
book (many pages of drawings which, when flipped, move like a motion picture) which
demonstrates the lock and key theory of enzyme activity.
Problem: Using the lock and key theory of enzymes, how do enzymes speed up reactions?
What is a catalyst?
Hypothesis: ________________________________________________.
Materials: At least 15- 3" x 5" (cut in half) notecards, your choice of writing or coloring utensil,
the big OLE' stapler.
Procedure:
1. In groups of 2 you will develop 2 characters give them and names. Enzymes are so small we
don't know exactly what they look like, that's where you come in. Make them cartoon
characters, superheros and villains, sporting events whatever you choose. 1 character will
represent an enzyme that it is about to catalyze the other character your substrate.
2. After you have decided on 2 characters (enzyme & substrate) you will develop a story-line for
your two actors. The story-line must fit the action an enzyme and substrate take in the lock and
key model of enzyme kinetics. Get this approved by your teacher.
3. After the story-line has been refined, you will use your 15 notecards to draw the story out.
Now, when you drawing the story make sure you use the bottom edge of the card as your
drawing space otherwise you will flip book will be hard to view.
4. After your finished drawing all cards take your book up to your teacher and he/she will staple
it to complete your flip-book.
SOURCE: www.teach-nology.com
It's Alive, Alive, Allllllllllliiiiiiivvvvveeee!
Background: You will be in groups of three, each with your own job. The jobs to choose from
are Contractor, Architect, Surveyor. Your job, as a group, is to build the most realistic life-like
plant cell the world has ever seen.
Problem: What does a 3-dimensional cell look like? What are the various parts of plant cells?
Hypothesis: ______________________________________________________.
Materials: Play-doe, food coloring or tempera paints (red, purple, green, blue, white), 1 pair of
gloves, yarn or undercooked spaghetti, pepper, plastic-bubble packing, aluminum foil, plastic
wrap, pencil shavings, scissors, 1 large knife, glue.
Procedure:
1. Before we start be aware that on the final day you must present your cell to the class.
2. After you have decided upon your jobs, the Contractor and Architect will collaborate to
design the plant cell. The design should be drawn up on a piece of paper that explains what
materials will be used for each organelle. It should be colored the same color it will appear
when it is built. Take your time and make a good drawing. This should be completed early on
day two. Throughout this entire process the Surveyor should be writing down the order in
which each organelle was designed and the order in which it will be built. Along with this the
Surveyor must make a copy of the design that the group can use when building it. The
Surveyor's job is to basically take notes all the way through, so if the final product doesn't come
out as planned the Surveyor can look back at their notes and answer why.
3. After you have finished your design, hand it in and your teacher will approve it. If it is
approved, you can start to build your cell.
4. Building should be the role of the contractor. Architect's watch the builders to make sure
they are doing it exactly as planned. Surveyors should take notes on how it is built and also can
assist the Architects to make sure it is being built as planned.
SOURCE: www.teach-nology.com
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