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DNA3DModelProject
StudentExpectation:StudentwillbeabletoidentifycomponentsofDNA,anddescribehowinformation
forspecifyingthetraitsofanorganismiscarriedintheDNA.

Eachstudentwillgathermaterialsoftheirchoosingprovidedbytheinstructorandcompleteamodelof
DNA,oncethemodeliscompletedtheywillwriteashortpaperexplainingtheirmodelandthedifferent
featuresofDNA.

Themodelwillincludeatotalof10nucleotides(sugar+phosphate+base)resultingin5basepairs.The
studentmustcorrectlyrepresentthesugarphosphatebackboneandnitrogenbasesusingtheladder
model.Themodelmustbelabeled(includingthetypesofbondsholdingthepiecestogether)eitheron
theactualpartsoronacorrespondingsheetofpaper.Yourteacherwilltakeapictureofyourmodel
whenyouhavefinished.Makesurethatyougothroughtherubricandensurethatyouhaveincluded
andlabeledeveryneededpiece.

Eachmodelwillbeaccompaniedbyawrittendescriptionofthemodel.Thisshouldbewrittenin
completesentencesandwillincludeatleast9sentences(oneforeachpartoftherubric).Thewritten
portiondoesnothavetobeinthesameorderastherubric,butmustincludeeverypiece.Pleaserefer
tothegradingrubricforspecificitemstoincludeinyourwrittendescriptionofthemodel.

DNAModelRubric(MajorProjectGrade)
DNAModel WrittenDescriptionofmodel
Modeldepictsantiparallelnatureof 012345 Descriptionofantiparallel 012345
DNA
ModeldepictsladderversionofDNA 012345 Explainlimitationsofmodel 012345
(ex.Shapeofmodel)
SugarPhosphatebackbonepresent 012345 Descriptionandpurposeof 012345
sugarphosphatebackbone
All4NitrogenBasesarepresent 012345 Explanationofhow4Nitrogen 012345
basespertaintoalloflife
Basepairsarecorrectlypaired(AT, 012345 ExplanationofChargraffsrule 012345
CG)
HydrogenBondslabeled 012345 DescriptionofHydrogen 012345
Bonds(includestrength)
10nucleotidespresent 012345 GiveorderofyourDNA 012345
Segment(ex:ATGCA)
CovalentBondslabeled 012345 Descriptionofwherecovalent 012345
bondsarefoundandwhy
Structureofindividualnucleotidesis 012345 Descriptionofspecificorderof 012345
correct partsofnucleotide
Workisneatandeasytounderstand 012345 Writtenportionislegibleand 012345
incompletesentences
TOTAL

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