How Do You Make A DNA Model Using Styrofoam Balls?
Models of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are constructed by students from various materials including Styrofoam balls. Teachers assign projects to make DNA models to help pupils learn the structural characteristics of DNA. The nucleotides on a double helix are represented by different colored construction materials. Use colored Styrofoam balls for a DNA model project that covers the lesson and gets a good grade. Paint 12 Styrofoam balls green. Use four other paint colors to paint 6 balls each, thus making 6 blue, 6 red, 6 yellow, and 6 orange. Leave 12 balls plain white. Allow ample time for the paint to dry before beginning the DNA model project. Push one red and one yellow ball onto the same toothpick. Place white balls on both ends of that toothpick to create the first ladder rung. Stick toothpicks into the white balls perpendicular to the ladder rung toothpick so they lean in opposite directions and place green balls on their ends. Force toothpicks into the green balls that follow the
