Today we learnt about how the Double Helix structure has base pairs made up of nucleotides called A, T, C,  and G. A only connect with T and C only connects with G. We used coloured sweets to represent the nucleotides and cocktail sticks to represent the backbone of the double helix. The double helix structure provides a code for our DNA just like an instruction manual. It determines how we look and act. DNA is what makes you, you.

Did you know if you stretch out all of your DNA strands then you can reach from the Earth to the Moon and back…

3000 times!

We thought this was a sweet activity!

By P7A