Essential question
What elements are necessary to remove DNA from a cell and in what quantities? What skills are necessary to be a successful group member?
Learning target
Students collaborate to create a standard operating procedure to extract DNA.
Ohio science standards
- 8.LS.3: The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s) (and DNA).
- Traits are determined by instructions encoded in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which forms genes.