DNA Model Project 

What an amazing video you produced to help us more clearly understand the DNA double helix. Most especially, the fact that you used inexpensive items to create this learning model is commendable. I am a 72-year-old retired middle school educator. After retiring and relocating, I spearheaded an all-volunteer after-school tutoring/enrichment program for elementary and middle school students in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We are a partnership of civic organization, church, and school division. This is the 11th year we have provided this service, and in that time, I have written 500+ lesson plans. In the plans, which we call Plan of the Day (POD), we augment the teacher's academic program. Always searching for more effective ways of providing meaningful learning, I spend a substantial amount of time exploring the internet. Your video is spot on on what I think will help our scholars understand DNA and the helix model. I am grateful there are creative and caring teachers who explore such means of motivating students to learn about and appreciate science. I cannot wait to demonstrate this model w/ our Spring Forward scholars. A sincere thank you, Mr. Hamilton. JDP

I am a student in the Kailua county in Honolulu Hawaii. My teacher assigned us a project that required us to make a DNA structure. Today is my last day to work on it, as tomorrow we have school. This really saved my ass, and will most likely bump my grade up because its graded as a test/ assignment. Thank you for doing what you teachers do.

Six years later and it's still useful. I'm from Poland and I finally know how to do my homework :) Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this. My son is at Liberty Academy and had to make a DNA model for 7th grade life science. I didn't have to run to any store to buy supplies. This is definitely mom approved!

Omg ya saved my life all shops are closed and your video just made sure I'd have my assignment in on time. Thank you so much although you posted this 2 years ago.

I am a genealogy major at BYU-Idaho studying DNA. This video helped a lot. You clarified the sugar and phosphate segments for me. I really liked how you changed proportions on the bases.

I am from Palms Middle School in Los Angeles, California. This project was perfect and the instructions were so clear! I'm confident that I will ace this project.

This video saved our butts because my son missed school the day this project was assigned and had to build this really quick without any supplies on hand. Just a tip that worked for us- We kept having our ladder flatten out, so I used paper clips to stick the "rungs" on which allowed us to adjust them until we got the angle right. Then it was just a matter of sticking it together.

Great demo. Thank you. There are some very ponderous methods shown on the Internet and some inaccurate ones. Yours is easy to follow and appears to create an accurate model fairly easily.

Thx so much! My daughter attempted to make a double helix with pipe cleaners, and it turned out quite messy. She recreated this one, and it looks spectacular! She's looking for an A+! I think she'll not be disappointed!

Thanx man, I have the same money issue and I had all the things at home. So yea. Helped a lot. Keep doing what u do. ✌️😁👍

Thank you so much...this is GREAT! I like the fact we have all the materials here at home and she is learning the material as she makes it. My daughter is a 7th grader at Denton Calvary Academy in Denton, Tx and is making this for her Life Science DNA model project. Thank you for sharing your idea!

This was literally last min....I bought a 11$ DNA kit and I painted everything and hot glued, but putting it together to form a double helix was really difficult. Your idea helped me so much. Thankyou.

This video was a lifesaver because our teacher wants us to use recycled items to make the model, and all you need here is a paper towel roll and cereal box! Thanks a lot. I'm in 10th grade from New Jersey by the way :)

My son was just assigned the 3D DNA project at Olson Middle School in Bloomington, MN and we were worrying about what to do... this video is gonna make it much easier. Thanks!

thank you so much for this! i had to create one of these for a project grade and i completely forgot about it and its due in two days! its quick and easy and wasn't messy at all! :) glad i found this!

Thank you! My 4th grader is doing a DNA model for a presentation on Rosalind Franklin. Your model took her 2 hrs. She could follow all your directions clearly.

This video helped me a lot .I didn't know what I was going to do on my DNA model project till I watched this video. Thanks and I came from The Wossman High School in Monroe ,LA

Thank you for the comments. I am really glad that I could help!

Im all the way from the UK, doing A levels (so the equal of high school) but i made this model, we weren't graded but i was told mine was the best home-made model that hadnt been a template print out! So thanks very much!!!

This demo was really helpful for me because my human body project was on DNA and i needed to make a model. This is Cassie from Lakeridge Elementary and I'm in 5th grade. Thank you very much!!

I am a student at Robert Morgan Educational Center in Florida and that helped me a lot Thank you!!!!

I'm from a school in Vic, Australia-so I don't think you'd know it.. THANKS A LOT!! this is due tomorrow.. and it's 10pm. So thank you :*

Wonderful ! The fact that it can be made out of materials available easily is an added advantage. Will try making it!

You just won my subscription!! I was totally stressing about my DNA model project but not anymore! Thank you!!

I'm from St.Matthews and I really like my project. It was easy, fun, and inexpensive. Thanks for the idea

i come from Victor Valley High and i had no idea what to do and this is perfect its due tomorrow and of course i waited until the last moment this helped alot easy and simple thanks

I put mine in a Lipton Tea container and used the lid as a base! Very cool and inexpensive project, thank you!

I'm a student at bristow middle school. I'm in 7th grade. thank you for the video its awesome I'm making this!

Great Model! Really helped my daughter who attends Bella Vista HS in Fair Oaks, CA come up with an idea for her model for her biology project.

Awesome video and design. My 12 year old son built your DNA model for his science class at Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock. He turns it in tomorrow morning. Wish us well. Thank you.

It helped me a lot because before I saw this video I think that creating a DNA MODEL was very difficult and I think that I can't make my project because it's too difficult to make. But I'm trying now and thanks a lot Mr. Roston Hamilton by the way I'm from Agusan national high school in butuan city, Mindanao Philippines 😀😀😀

I am a student in Gwinette County in Metro Atlanta. I am doing it for my project. I think you did a great job explaining it to me. My mom said you have patience. Thanks

Omy this is amazing .. although some parts left me confused lol ..ill try n get it out .. I'll have to show my friends this .. we're tasked to make a DNA *sigh* .. Nice Job though :) ..

I'm in advanced 9th grade biology at newton high school and this helped a whole lot! Thanks!

This helped a lot for me as a teacher, to give my kids an good example!!! GREAT JOB

Canowindra High School, Australia, NSW This helped me out so much! Totally love the idea being able to make it out of necessities used around the house! THANK YOU

I go to Elko High School in Elko, NV and this really helped me i couldnt figure out a way to make a DNA Model then i saw this video is was a MAJOR help!!!! Thank you sooo much.... I would recomend this video when making a DNA Model!!! :)

Thanks for the inexpensive model. My son made one following your tips. He goes to 7th grade at Sarasota Middle School, FL.

Thank you so much for this. I was stressing out so much today because the way I tried it just didn’t work. Hopefully this works for me. Thank you so much 😊

Make sure that you have your tabs on the bases folded in opposite directions. Then glue them in a vertical alignment. The will seem a little strange because the surface phosphates will be at an angle. Imagine how it will hang, with the bases vertical and the supra phosphates wrapping around.

Thanks for posting this video I'm from Algeria and our science teacher told us to make a DNA I would like to thank you you really helped us

This was a very helpful video. My son made this model for his 9th grade AP Biology project. He goes to Van High School in Van,Texas.

thanks so much me and my nana sat here couldnt think of a idea for a dna model and found this video thank you sooo much

Coming from Clarksville TN West Creek High School tenth grade. Can't thank you enough this helped tons!!

i had no idea what to do for my project until i saw this you helped a LOT thanks for the help Summit International Prep

Thanks. I'll be trying this with my class. I loved your final project. Amy, a science teacher in KY

Excellent, inexpensive, directions on how to make a DNA model! Well done.

Academic Magnet High School in South Carolina is using this as one of their projects! Thanks for the video, I know it'll help me out! :)

Academic Magnet High School- we are using this video as our model for a lab, so this really helped!

its great.....i'll be making it the very first time for my school project......i m in 10th standard.....this video is very easy to understand coz u explained it so nicely......thanks a lot sir.

my son goes to Fontana high school he says thank you for that it for his project and it really helped with money too

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO ! I made this model for the science fair and I won first place !! Im so happy I found this video Thank you so much for making it

Thank you so much you just helped me on my biology project which is due Monday ( wasn't at school personal reasons ) Lake Taylor High School !!

Oh thanks, because I just got a project to do on dna structure, and kids are all thinking about the money they will spend and stuff like that and I thought that this would be complicated but this looks good, neat, and looks as easy to make. Thanks

Hi, Thank you so much for this Great expalanation, It's somple and clear and useful I'm Omar, in second year High school From: Algeria_north africa

Thank you so much for the video. It was a great way to make a good DNA model. I am from Winston Churchill high school in San Antonio tx

i am nihel from algeria and i really like your dna model

Thx for the video, I'm in Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School and it helped out a lot.

Great model and it doesn't take a lot oftime. I 've made my first model which was quite good and I spent a few hours on doing it, but it was made wrongly. Now I'm doing this model and I'm sticking basepairs to double helix. I think I 'll suprise my Biology teacher when I show her my 2nd model. We 'll see, first I'm going to finish it. Thanks a lot. PS. I'm from Lublin in Poland.

Thank you so much we just got assigned a dna model project at canyon high school and this helped me out a lot

This is a great idea worked fantastically!! Very impressed with the turnout.

7 HOURS TO MAKE THIS MODEL...LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Hi I'm from Saudi Arabia and this idea help me a lot in my project ..Thank you .

Thanks alot. J.Z George HS. North Carrollton MS. Its easy Nd affordable. Now we gotta figure out how to make it stand on its own. THANKS ALOT...

Thank you, this project is going to help me in Biotechnology Engineering. Well done sir. Merrimack Valley High School!

Hey! I am a student from Bangladesh and I saw your video. The problem I'm facing is the replacement for a manilla folder (apart from the cardboard cereal box as that didn't work out for me). And could you please show me the full steps of sticking the base pairs to the pole-nucleotide strands as I faced problems there too. But I got the rest all good and you really did a nice job. Thanks.

Hi! Thanks so much this helped my son make his model. Rancho High School Las Vegas, Nevada!

Bishop Gorman, Tyler, Texas. This was awesome, thanks!

thank´s for the video! we are from Brazil and we appreciate your explanation and project!

I am shedding tears of joy right now.

Thank you so much i forgot to do my project and its due tomorrow. thanks! Elizabeth C. Adams Middle School

I was looking for an inexpensive method for making DNA models with my students and this fits the bill. Thanks Coach Hamilton! From Thousand Oaks, CA.

This was a wonderful idea, I liked it a lot and it folds exactly like a DNA. thanks for sharing this

You saved my life 💙💚💜 thank you so much sir . it was a little bit hard to stick the bases but i did it and the result is amaizing just like yours . you're a bless 😍😘

Loved your video. I am going to do this for my school project. Hillcrest middle school.

Thank you Sir, it was a great and a cheap idea for my Dna model and i am from George Washington High School,PA

thank you so much , your video really helped me , l am from the university of Zim

I haven't done yet but i'm sure your video will help me next week, thank you very much

Hi, thanks so much. I have done this project because my teacher have commanded me. I am a Spanish people, so you think that your video has been seen in Europe. Thanks a lot Roston Hamilton. See you soon, :-D

thank u so much.. its really a useful video.. u have explained everything so that one can understand easily... thank u..

Used this for my project and got a 94 thank you so much it was very helpful!!

Elk Grove High School. This video was very helpful. I am in a Biology class and need to create a DNA model

I came from Parish Hill middle/High school. Just finished it: THANKS! It was due today, but I made a deal with my science teacher

Thank you so much this helped a lot! From a Westfield High school 9th grader

I like this project. It works well. This is the second year I am using this activity in my 7th grade class room. Markers work much better than coloured pencils.

Wow thanks! Money-saving and recycled materials I'm from instituto sun yat sen in panama, im a senior

I did this and got a 120/100! Thank you! It was the highest grade in the school.

it really helped me out , i'm rania from hayat hight school (algeria)

A huge thanks from a student at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago!

Thank you so much this really helped me out. I attend A.H Parker high school in Birmingham Alabama

BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!! MY HERO !! :')

Hebron High School. Saved me big time, Thanks!

Awsome video i was haveing trouble helping my child do this project i will definietly try this.. Thanks a million

My honors biology class is doin this and I was in a rush and aint have time to go to the store and this video really helped out! Imma sophomore at West Brunswick High School.

am from the bahamas i learnt a lot from this video

Using this for advanced learners 8-9 years old. Awesome and adaptable.

Thank you so much I was looking for an easy not expensive way to make my DNA model for my teacher and we also have to have a key so thank you so much and I come from Toyon California

Love it. Much better than the paper 2D model I have my students make. We will be doing this in January. Thanks!

Thankyou my teacher assigned me a DNA project and says it has to be 3-D and twist so I'm like how I the world am I going to do this and thankfully cane across your video thankyou very much