Biotechnology in the Classroom: Crime Scene Investigation
Help me give my students Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Kits to learn cutting edge biotechnology techniques and one way DNA can be analyzed in the lab.
FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Hanono's classroom raised $552
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
Students are more engaged when their work in school can be directly linked to applications in the real world. Biotechnology is a fast growing field that affects all of our lives more and more each day. As such, biotechnology students should gain an understanding of some of the basic techniques that are used by researchers all over the world. The students in my biotechnology class are upperclassmen with an interest in science and are learning the basic skills to work in a laboratory setting; in fact for many of these students this is their third or fourth year of science.
The kits purchased though this project will help my students better understand some basic laboratory techniques used in DNA analysis.
My students will use the requested kits to learn how differences in DNA sequences can be used to distinguish individuals through the analysis of DNA from a simulated crime scene.
Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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