Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has been conducting DNA workshops with fifth-graders throughout the Syosset Central School District.
During a recent visit to South Grove Elementary School, CSHL educator Gregory Reilly taught students about the structure of a DNA molecule using a double helix model before leading them in the construction of their own models. Students reviewed the six parts that make up a DNA molecule and used worksheets to identify the different components of an animal cell.
CSHL visits every fifth-grade classroom in the Syosset CSD three times per year. Students also take a field trip to the lab, where they have the opportunity to look under the scientists’ microscopes and perform other hands-on, DNA-related activities. —Syosset Schools
