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Sample LEGO® Activities
LEGO®Activity Sheets
You can download and print out these activity sheets.
Try laminating them or using sheet protectors to create "cards."
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How is DNA put together? |
This activity card "How is DNA put together?" is the introductory activity to DNA. You can discover the correct DNA base pairs (AT) and (CG) by trial and error. In the LEGO? DNA, magnets mimic the hydrogen DNA bases. These features control the options in the pairing. You will discover that only A & T and C & G will pair and keep the correct width across the DNA double strand. (This activity can be found on page 6 in the booklet, DNA Basic Student Instructions, in the LEGO? DNA Life Science Set.)
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The activity card "How can DNA make a copy of itself?" on DNA replication can be printed out on one page and then cut in two. (Each card is half a page.) Note that the bases of the nucleotides are magnetic. You will discover that one side of the DNA strand predicts the other. To simplify the base pairing exercise, it may be easier to rotate the magnets to the outside as shown in the photo. (A similar activity can be found on page 13 in the booklet, DNA Basic Student Instructions, in the LEGO? DNA Life Science Set.)
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How can DNA make a copy of itself? |
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Teachers --Why create Activity Cards?
An Activity Card has instructions for just one LEGO Activity.
Often it is easier to keep students on task with a single card. Or you may prefer a card when instructing groups in an informal setting.
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