Teacher Tips:

- Have students work in groups of at least two people

- Mix up the extraction buffer before class. Per 1 cup of water, add about 2 tablespoons
of liquid dish soap and one tablespoon of salt. Give each group a beaker of the solution.
- Keep the rubbing alcohol in the freezer until it is needed
- I have students wash and reuse the mesh cloth and plastic bags all day, it saves on waste
- Each lab group will need one strawberry, one chunk of banana (about 1/5th a banana),
and one slice of kiwi (about 1/3 a kiwi).
- Make sure when students pour in the rubbing alcohol, they tilt the test tube so the
rubbing alcohol gently runs down the side of the test tube.
- Help students see the DNA rising to the top, let them hold it and show it to other
groups!

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