MTMM DNA science kit help needed! Please! UPDATE!

This is where new posts begin. All questions or discussions about any of Heart of Dakota's curriculums start here. If you wish to share a one-time post about your family's experience with our curriculum, you may post under the specific curriculum title (found beneath this "Main Board" heading).
Post Reply
lmercon
Posts: 659
Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:05 pm
Location: Zieglerville, PA

MTMM DNA science kit help needed! Please! UPDATE!

Post by lmercon » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:40 pm

HELP!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My son is starting the DNA kit in MTMM. We did the first experiment where you separate the DNA from the tomato. We've attempted it two times. When you mix the soap/salt mixture with the tomato pieces, it makes so much foam that it's all foam. We've let it drip for almost 24 hours through the funnel and still NO liquid. It's all just foam. What do we do? Thanks.


Update: Well, it took almost a WEEK for the tomato liquid to separate from the foam and drip into the test tube. When we had enough, we performed the experiment to isolate the DNA. My son was really happy with the results and said, "Now, THIS is the kind of science experiment I've been waiting to do!" I'm glad we just let it sit and completed the experiment. So, plan to leave a lot more than 10 min. to get this one done. We just did it the following week on day 3 along with the normal assignment for that day. It didn't take long to finish it.
Last edited by lmercon on Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:37 am, edited 1 time in total.
Wife to a great guy and mommy to:
Ds(15) - using WG and loving it!
Dd(11) - using Res.to Ref and having a blast!
Ds (3) - our joy!
Two little ones in the arms of Jesus - I can't wait to hold you in Heaven!

StillJulie
Posts: 394
Joined: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:04 pm

Re: MTMM DNA science kit help needed! Please!

Post by StillJulie » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:20 pm

I just asked my daughter (who did it a couple years ago). She said that was the worst experiment ever and that she never did get it to work.
16yo DD using US History 1 for 11th grade
14yo DS using World Geography for 9th grade
13yo DS using Rev to Rev for 7th grade
10yo DD using Creation to Christ for 5th grade
8yo DD using Bigger for 3rd grade
7yo DD using Beyond Hearts for 2nd grade

sahervey
Posts: 116
Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:46 pm

Re: MTMM DNA science kit help needed! Please!

Post by sahervey » Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:28 pm

I remember not being too impressed with this whole kit. It seems like my daughter had a lot of experiments not work.
Amy
Married to a Navy Chaplain
Mom to 4: Addie, Joel, Silas, and Lincoln
AH2
World History
MtMM
Bigger

LynnH
Posts: 1846
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:41 pm
Location: OH
Contact:

Re: MTMM DNA science kit help needed! Please!

Post by LynnH » Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:27 pm

My husband did that experiment and he remembers it was challenging to get liquid out, but he did manage to do it and we did separate the dna and it was pretty cool to see. He can't remember what he did though to get it to work.
Mom to:
dd 22 college graduate and employed as an Intervention Specialist
ds 18 US2, Loved Preparing, CTC , RTR , Rev to Rev, MTMM ,WG, WH and US1
http://www.graceandfur.blogspot.com/

Post Reply