Syosset Students Become Familiar With DNA

Fifth-graders in the Syosset Central School District have been attending DNA workshops held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory throughout the school year.

CSHL visits every fifth-grade classroom in the Syosset CSD three times per year. Students also take a field trip to the lab, where they have the opportunity to look under the scientists’ microscopes and perform other hands-on, DNA-related activities.

During a recent visit to South Grove Elementary School, CSHL educator Gregory Reilly taught students about the structure of a DNA molecule using a double helix model before leading them in the construction of their own models. Students reviewed the six parts that make up a DNA molecule and used worksheets to identify the different components of an animal cell.

Story via Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Syosset Central Central School District

• Cold Spring Harbor Lab educator Gregory Reilly taught students at South Grove ES about the structure of a DNA molecule using a double helix model.
• South Grove ES fifth graders built DNA double helix models during a program with Cold Spring Harbor Lab.