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- Overview and History of Biotechnology
- Students use a timeline of key events in biotechnology to discuss modern trends in science
- Future of Biotechnology
- Background information about biotechnology
- Basic Biotechnology for Beginning Teachers
- Hints, tips, suggestions, resources, suppliers, and words of wisdom to make beginning biotechnology in your classroom more user-friendly
- Overview of DNA Manipulation
- Explanations of the cloning process
- Growth Regulation of Cells
- Slides from faculty lectures
- Isolation of DNA from Onion
- DNA without tears!
- The Spread of AIDS
- A simple experiment using phenopthalein and tubes of water to demonstrate the epidemiology of HIV-1
- Separation of a Starch-Glucose Mixture Using Gel Filtration
- Fun with Sephadex G-25 columns!
- The Cookbook Translator
- Students "translate" a lima bean DNA extraction procedure
- Protein Assays: Bio Rad and Page Gels
- Learn how to use the spectrophotometer and micropipette
- Phenotypic and Genotypic Changes in Bacteria
- Bacterial tranformations using antibiotic resistant plasmids
- Rainbow Electrophoresis
- Introduction to electrophoresis
- Using Yeast as an Ultraviolet Light Measurement Tool
- Measuring UV using yeast cells...adapted from KSU's Yeast Project
- Karyotype Alternatives
- Two activities for karyotyping: a paper cut out method and a lab usinghuman cells
- Cloning of Plasmid and Spinach DNA
- Procedure to ligate fragments of genomic DNA from spinach into a vector plasmid; this recombinant DNA is then used to transform Escherichia coli cells.
- The Cloning of Plasmid and Spinach DNA
- Inserting a spinach genomic clone into a plasmid
- Chick Embryology
- A couple of easy techniques which can be used to observe the development of a chick embryo
- Culturing Plants from Embryonic Plant Tissue
- The purpose of this lab is to grow plants in tissue cultures and to see what effect the different concentrations of hormones have on embryodevelopment
- Protoplast Production
- This activity allows students to strip away the cell walls of plant cells (using enzymes) and then observe the resulting spherical protoplasts
- Comparison of Four-, Six-, and Eight-bp Cuts in Calf Thymus DNA
- Using restriction enzymes to digest thymus DNA
- Demonstrating an Epidemic
- An experiment using bacterial cultures to simulate a small scale "epidemic"
- Cell Transformation in Tobacco Leaf Disks
- A relatively simple plant transformation experiment
- Active Ingredient Screening Test for Plants
- Students simulate tests done in the field to determine the active ingredients in plants
- Ecological Bioassay of Copper Sulfate in Daphnia Magna
- This ecological laboratory uses the biotechnological tool of the bioassay to demonstrate the effects of toxic substances on living organisms
- Use of HyperCard and Laserdisc to Demonstrate Reproductive Technologies
- Biotechnology Topics: A Selected List of Related Laserdisc Frame Numbers
- A Multimedia Presentation Using Linkway Live: A Review of "The Cell"
- Who Done It?
- DNA Forensics simulation
- Biotechnology in Nature
- Creative Expressions -- Protein Synthesis
- Creating three-dimensional models to explain translation
- Genetic Control of Pattern Formation
- Highlights from a lecture by Dr. Eric Wieschaus
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Highlights Of Lecture By Arnold Levine, Princeton University
- Cracking the Code/Cloning Paper Plasmid
- Activities that provide a review of the "genetic code" and the role it plays in our life and to help students see how genes may be manipulated for genetic research
- Teaching Biotechnology by Analogies and Models
- Simple analogies to enhance student understanding of biotech techniques and principles
- Enzyme Function Analogies
- An alternative to memorization!
- "Biotechnology" Recipe Analogies
- Electrophoresis Analogy
- It's simple....and it works!
- Gene/Chromosome - Gene/DNA Relationship Analogies
- Virus Analog
- Serial Dilutions Made Easy
- 1/10...1/100...1/1000
- Creating New Forms of Life
- Students are asked to create their own "life form"
- Desktop Electrophoresis Lab: Moving Molecules
- Teaching Biotechnology with Models
- Students "build" a cell and a plasmid using household items to aid in the understanding of bacterial transformation
- Mutations--Preexisting or Acquired?
- Observations of phage-infected bacterial cells serve as the basis for class discussion
- Amazon Adventure
- Student role-play to uncover the medicinal properties of an imaginary Amazonian plant
- Recombinant DNA to Protect Crops
- An article to demonstrate how worthwhile gene manipulation in plants can be
- Construction of a Hemoglobin Gene
- Creative Ways to Teach Evolutionary Concepts
- Laugh a little....learn a lot!
- A Spool of Thread
- A demonstration to show the relationship between DNA and a chromosome using a large spool of light colored thread
- Green Jeans Horticulture
- This course was devised to accommodate students of average and below-average academic ability and provide them with practical horticultural experiences
- The Spanish Omelet
- The quest for an omlet recipe is used to explain transcription and tranlation!
- Biotechnology: Safety in the Classroom
- Saftey Guide taken from NABT's "Working with DNA & Bacteria in Precollege Science Classrooms"
- Some Biotechnology Safety Precautions
- Classroom safety information
- Student Safety Checklist
- Preparing students for lab experiments
- Spreading a Yeast or Bacterial Lawn
- Creating beautiful lawns that don't need mowing!
- Streaking for Isolation
- The easy way to culture individual colonies of bacteria
- Surface Sterilization of Biological Materials
- Bugs-B-Gone!
- Materials Catalogs
- A list of biotech material suppliers
- Biotechnology Bibliography
- Resources for further reading on biotechnology
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