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First and Last Name

Honors Biology

Period X

(On the right side of the page)

Title (in the center of the page)

(Indent >) Abstract: Once sentence that summarizes your essay

Keywords: Pick three to five words or names that are important in your paper

(Indent >)Paragraph 1:Sentence 1-3 should provide general information about the discoveries of

DNA. You can talk about Mendel or other scientist who began to study genetics, what DNA is,

or why DNA is important. Sentence 4-5 should introduce your opinions or ideas about who the

Nobel Prize for DNA should have gone to.

Paragraph 2: Sentence 1-5, should state the first person that you believe should have won

the Nobel Prize for DNA, a little background about them, what they discovered, and why this

discovery is important to science and our understanding of DNA.

Paragraph 3: Sentence 1-5, should state the second person that you believe should have

won the Nobel Prize for DNA, a little background about them, what they discovered, and why

this discovery is important to science and our understanding of DNA.

Paragraph 4: Sentence 1-5, should state the third person that you believe should have won

the Nobel Prize for DNA, a little background about them, what they discovered, and why this

discovery is important to science and our understanding of DNA.

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Paragraph 5: This is the closing or conclusion to you opinions and ideas. Use this

opportunity to reiterate (one of your vocabulary words) and wrap up your thoughts to why you

believe these people should have won.

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Mrs. Crook

Honors Biology

Period 1

The Nobel Prize for DNA goes to....

Abstract: The Nobel Prize for ______________ should have gone to James Watson,

Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins due to their vast discoveries that contributed to the complete

construction of Deoxyribonucleic acid.

Keywords: DNA, Watson, Crick, Wilkins

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a very complex structure that carries our genetic

information. DNA is a double helix structure that is composed of base pairs (A, T, C, G), sugars,

and phosphates. Although, in today’s society, this scientific knowledge is now considered

common knowledge, less than one-hundred years ago these concepts were unknown. There were

seven main individuals that contributed to the discoveries of the DNA structure. The Nobel Prize

of ____________ for _____________ should have gone to James Watson, Francis Crick, and

Maurice Wilkins due to their vast discoveries that contributed to the complete construction of

Deoxyribonucleic acid.

James Watson was a scientist at ______________, who worked on _______________.

He discovered that ____________________________________________________________.

This discovery is important because ______________________________________________.

Specifically, this discovery contributed to ___________________________________________.

I think James Watson is important because his discoveries provided ______________________

evidence about DNA having a double helix structure.

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Francis Crick was a scientist at ______________, who worked on ________________.

He discovered that ____________________________________________________________.

This discovery is important because ______________________________________________.

Specifically, this discovery contributed to ___________________________________________.

I think Francis Crick is important because it provided __________________________________

evidence about ______________________________________________________________.

Maurice Wilkins was a scientist at ______________, who worked on _______________.

He discovered that ____________________________________________________________.

This discovery is important because ______________________________________________.

Specifically, this discovery contributed to ___________________________________________.

I think Maurice Wilkins is important because it provided _______________________________

evidence about __________________________________________________

James Watson discoveries summarized ______________________________________.

Francis Crick discoveries summarized _____________________________________________.

Maurice Wilkins discoveries summarized ___________________________________________.

Due to their vast discoveries that contributed to the complete construction of DNA, I believe that

James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins should have won the Nobel Prize.