The Discovery of DNA

Microblogs are social networking services that allow people to create mini-blog posts of up to 140 characters in length. Companies, celebrities, and politicians use microblogs to keep "followers" up to date on important events and news, but anyone can create a microblog account to communicate the events and news going on in his or her life. A pretend set of two microblog posts about advancements in the knowledge of DNA are shown here:

There appears to be protein on each side of the DNA molecule.

Just took a photograph of the DNA molecule.

For this assignment, you will need to create a short collection of five microblog posts that reference five different facts, events, and characteristics during discovery of the DNA molecule. Your microblog posts should cover the contributions of from the different scientists you learn about in this topic. As modeled in the example above, these posts do not have to be complete sentences, but they should be complete thoughts. Your microblog posts should be creative and easy to understand. In addition, be sure to use appropriate language and vocabulary from this topic. In addition to the posts, you should create a username for the poster that is appropriate for each of the scientists who made the discovery/advancement.

Before you begin, access the The Discovery of DNA Microblog Checklist to make sure that you include all of the items required for full credit. If resources outside of this course are used to complete this assignment, please submit a Works Cited document. If you need assistance, visit the Developmental Module for information on citing any resources that you used.

Once you have completed your microblog postings, please submit your work to the dropbox.