Middle school girls extract DNA from lentils and split peas using ingredients available in most homes: salt, liquid detergent, meat tenderizer, and isopropyl alcohol. In the test tube at right, the white, mucous-like substance is DNA.
Sue Caley Opsal, at left, advises a team on the construction of their Reebop, a creature with a marshmallow body, constructed on the basis of "chromosomes" and illustrating the impact of dominant and recessive genes on inheritance.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, contact:
Co-Principal Investigator Sue Caley Opsal, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor, Email: sue_caley@ivcc.edu
Illinois Valley Community College
815 North Orlando Smith Avenue
Oglesby, IL 61348
PHONE: 815-224-2720
FAX: 815-224-3033
