Extract DNA from a banana!
Just did this today with year 10s — we used kiwi fruit (bananas are probably cheaper but it should work with anything if you add some meat tenderizer too). Worked well, students extracted lots of DNA with toothpicks from their samples. We did the mashing by hand and kept it cool using ice baths to help precipitate out the DNA at the end.
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