DNA: School Edition (Oberon Modern Plays)

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He also goes from 0 to 100 far too quickly when he turns into some kind of murderous sociopath toward the end. I am convinced that good science does not require jargon and can sell in everyday, common language and does best, if it goes to heart.

For survival it was necessary to belong to a group, to protect themselves and each other from animals, share resources, hunt huge mammoths for food (a near impossible solo feat). the group dynamic is incredibly fraught yet so interesting in the way it constantly shifts with power and friendships. Danny is a strait-laced worrywart who fears that his involvement in his friends’ actions will derail his future. This includes the shocking revelation that she killed her pet with a screwdriver – at which ‘ Phil shrugs’!

With fun illustrated DNA characters, clear diagrams, and astonishing photographs, children will love learning about themselves and this all-important molecule.

None of the other characters refer to their plans and the consequences of their actions on their lives or the lives of others. DNA is made of four types of nucleotides, which are linked covalently into a polynucleotide chain (a DNA strand) with a sugar-phosphate backbone from which the bases (A, C, G, and T) extend. The discovery of the structure of DNA also revealed the principle that makes this copying possible: because each strand of DNA contains a sequence of nucleotides that is exactly complementary to the nucleotide sequence of its partner strand, each strand can act as a template, or mold, for the synthesis of a new complementary strand.Climax: After painstakingly covering up their accidental murder of their schoolmate Adam, a group of London youths discover a boy who very well may be Adam living in a hedge near the spot where they left him for dead. they each stretch our capacity to love to the very breaking point—and then make us catch our breath. Now Phil realises that even Leah is rejecting him, he begins to think about what he has done, and spends the rest of the play by himself, refusing to talk to anyone.