Download The Structure of DNA Webquest

The Structure of DNA Webquest
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Dirctions:
 Go to http://www.dnai.org/
 On the menu bar at the to of the Animation click on "#1 Code"
 On the "Menu Module" along the bottom click on "Finding the structure"
From the "Finding the Structure" menu bar:
1) Read “The Problem"
Q.1. Why was Oswald Avery’s experiment so important?
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2) Read "Players" to get a n overview of who was involved in the discovery of the structure of
DNA. This is "FYI" only; you will not be tested on this material.
3) Look at "Pieces of the puzzle"
Q2. Comment on the statement: Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA.
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4) Click on "Putting it together"
5) Watch "The DNA Double Helix" to see Jim Watson and "his" model of DNA being
constructed.
6) FINALLY click on "Base Pairing interactive"
7) Learn how the nitrogen bases hydrogen bond together
Q3. What is a hydrogen bond?
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8) When you complete the hydrogen bonding puzzle you will be allowed to assemble a small
fragment of DNA
Q4. What do you notice about the two "Sugar-Phosphate backbones"?
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