¶ Lessons & Presentations
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What is Biotechnology?
Classroom-ready presentation General Biotechnology introduction with examples of new biotech applications and ethical issues. -
Bacterial transformation powerpoint and Jeopardy game
Classroom-ready presentation on bacteria transformations followed by a Jeopardy style game to do in class. -
Lesson Guide on bacteria
This Lesson Guide is best used alongside your Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero book chapter 3. -
Lesson Guide on Genetic Engineering
This Lesson Guide is best used alongside your Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero book chapter 4.
¶ Experiment Materials
¶ General
¶ Pre-labs/Virtual Simulator
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Experiment simulator
Engineer-it Kit Virtual Simulator -
Follow-up Quiz for the Simulator: the Engineer-it Kit Virtual Simulator - Quiz
Printable version with answer key and feedback
Online Quiz - you can take/assign
Online Quiz - request your own editable copy When creating the copy, it will prompt you to request edit access, which we will be happy to accept when it comes in. You will then be able to edit the quiz and see your students responses. -
Pre-lab readiness Quiz to take/assign after reading the instructions
Printable Quiz and answer key
Online Quiz - you can take or assign,
Online Quiz - request your own editable copy When creating the copy, it will prompt you to request edit access, which we will be happy to accept when it comes in. You will then be able to edit the quiz and see your students responses.
See the Answer key , See the Incorrect answers feedback
¶ Instruction Manuals
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Instruction manual - Engineer-it Kit (Bacteria) Classroom/Group: English
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Instruction manual - Engineer-it Kit (Bacteria) Individual Kit: English
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Engineer-it Kit: How to use 1 group Engineer-it Kit and 1 DNA playground with a large class
¶ Equipment you will need
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Microwave (for heating water only, can be a food microwave since no organisms or chemical will go in)
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Amino Labs' DNA Playground
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• Crushed ice in a bowl,
• thermometer that can reach 37 ℃ & 42 ℃ and hot water in cup/bowl or a heat bath
• Incubator that can reach 37 ℃
¶ Available Kits
- Engineer-it Kit for bacterial transformation (Bacteria)
- New! Engineer-it Kit for bacterial transformation - Yeast with Metabloic Selection
- New! Engineer-it Kit for bacterial transformation - Yeast with Antibiotic Selection
- Contact us for a custom kit: help@amino.bio
¶ Video
Follow-along with your own Engineer-it Kit while watching the
video https://youtu.be/ZADzCQValI0?si=mSAP3Cu_ENrSRVuS
Test your knowledge with the follow-along experiment quiz
¶ Expected Results
¶ From our Blog
- What is Biotechnology? Genetic Engineering?
- What is De-extinction
- Why Grow Engineered Bacteria at Home