Affiliation:
1. ELIZABETH A. MULLIGAN is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235; e-mail: elizabeth.mulligan@kbcc.cuny.edu.
Abstract
This paper describes a collaborative activity for students, which allows them to build simplified models of individual nucleotides, DNA, and RNA using ZOOB building blocks. These models help students learn about nucleic acid structure and the process of transcription. In addition, students learn how to work in groups as well as practice critical thinking and deductive reasoning while building these models.
Publisher
University of California Press
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Education
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