Before you begin this Module, you will need to acquire to following items:
Tabletop Lab: Exploring the DNA Molecule
Ice cold 70% - 90% isopropyl alcohol, easily found in the first aid section in your local grocery store.
1 cup cold water
Ice water, to keep your solutions cold
Cooking pot (to use as an ice bath)
1 – 2 clear drinking glasses or liquid measuring cups
½ cup of strawberries. You can use frozen strawberries, but they must be thawed to room temperature before beginning the experiment.
Blender or Ziploc baggie (To break apart the strawberries, you can either use a blender of smash them by hand a baggie.)
Table salt, preferably a non-iodized variety such as sea salt.
Liquid dish soap
Paper towel or coffee filter
Pinch of meat tenderizer, easily found in the cooking isle in your local grocery store.
Kitchen funnel
Eye dropper
Barbeque skewers or large toothpicks
A variety of kitchen measuring utensils:
1/8 teaspoon (or ¼ teaspoon that you can fill halfway)
1 cup liquid measuring cup
1 tablespoon