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Deer Park Students Extract Strawberry DNA
Students in Jon Steigerwald's scientific inquiry class at Deer Park's Robert Frost Middle School recently extracted DNA from strawberries.
Press release from Deer Park School District:
October 28, 2020
Research students in Jon Steigerwald’s scientific inquiry class at Deer Park’s Robert
Frost Middle School recently extracted DNA from strawberry cells.
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“DNA extraction is a very important method in biotechnology,” Steigerwald said.
“The purpose of the class is to introduce students to the techniques used in scientific
research, and each student is required to enter a science fair project into the LISEF
competition. It’s nice to see the excitement the students display when they use techniques
that they have only read about in a textbook. My goal is to increase their interest in the
sciences.”
This press release was produced by Deer Park School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.
