S3E70 Cube chatShaala: Exploring new ways of Learning


17th January 2021
Whiteboard screenshot from today’s CUBE chatShaala discussion…

How to extract DNA from Banana at Home?.
The main question was how do we detect the DNA in the solution?..

Why only Banana is used to extract DNA?. Can we use cheeck cells, Spinach leaves, onion roots and Cauliflower?..
Since Cauliflower is at the division stage.

What are the roles of Liquid Dishwasher , Senitizer and perfume?..

Then discussion went on and got focused on Fruit flies as Aastha from Faridabad trapped a fruit fly using closed bait, and Aastha wasn’t sure the fly that she had trapped was Gravid or was female?.

Thought the fly has been in a bottle from 7th Jan 2021 and till Today No larvae ,no pupae are seen…

This would definitely give context to the concept of Research methodology…



What are essential minimum requirements in order to trap fruit flies very easily?..

Some are the crucial which were discussed during the cube chatshaala as.
What type of bait should be used?.
Which type of bottle would be preferable?.
What should be the appropriate location?.
Why keeping replicates would be beneficial?.
At what time the bait should be placed?.