Hands-On Biochemistry Bundle Update! Brand new Nucleic Acids activity

I have a Hands-On Biochemistry Bundle with activities for carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.  Students build the monomers and polymers out of beads and pipe cleaners and learn about their structure and function along the way.  But nucleic acids...?  Those are harder because their polymers (DNA single strands) have to be able to "stick" to other polymers of the same type.  

After a lot of brainstorming, I came up with a way to make a hands-on activity for nucleic acids!  Beads and pipe cleaners alone would not suffice.  I needed to come up with a way to make two strands "stick" together.  And on a trip to Staples to get some printer toner, I discovered the answer.

With my new nucleic acids activity, your students can create DNA and RNA.  The activity packet includes a coloring page that will help your students examine the structure and they will definitely remember the differences between RNA and DNA!

You can get my nucleic acid activity here!

Or you can get the bundle with all 4 of my biochemistry activities here at a 15% discount!  Each activity has instructions, questions, and an answer key!