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This 12-page professional development activity, provided by Cape Fear Community College, introduces STEM educators to the proper use of a burette. The laboratory procedure provides background on the use and setup of a burette, an introductory problem, instructions for the lab, and lab questions. In...

This free interactive activity from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center, part of their series titled "Cloning," allows the user to practice somatic cell nuclear transfer cloning using animated mice. Using the "Mouse Cloning Lab," users practice cloning by going through the steps...

This collection of free resources from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center introduces the layperson to cloning history, technologies, and issues. In "What is Cloning?" the user learns the basics of cloning and how it is done. "Click and Clone" lets users try cloning in an...

This free resource from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center highlights common cloning misconceptions. Myths included in this short article are the idea of "the instant clone," that clones will be created at the same age as the original; the myth of "carbon copies," that clones...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides students with "information needed to understand how the digitally encoded information in DNA is translated into a functional protein that can be used for biomedical applications." This module is divided...

This free interactive assessment activity from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center, part of their series titled "Cloning," allows users to test their knowledge of cloning procedures through an animated virtual game console. In this resource, users are presented with scenarios,...

The Genetic Science Learning Center is a science and health education program located in the midst of the bioscience research being carried out at the University of Utah. The Learn.Genetics website provides educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. The resources are designed...

This image shows each element of the periodic table represented by a picture of something that contains that element. For example, sulfur depicts a picture of egg yolks. Symbol and color keys are included. 

This video, presented by WGBH, takes a look at a day in the life of a quality control microbiologist at a pharmaceutical company and provides a detailed account of what is possible with a microbiology degree, including the hands-on laboratory aspects field. Viewers will also find a background essay,...

This free resource from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center provides a short history of cloning for the layperson. This introduction to the history of cloning includes a timeline spanning from 1885 and the first-ever demonstration of artificial embryo twinning, to 2013--when...