Supplemental Resources

Curriculum PowerPoints

• Tools of the Trade PowerPoint [to accompany Labs 1.1 and 1.2]
• Cloning and Expressing Red Fluorescent Protein PowerPoint [to accompany Labs 2-6]
• Big Picture
• Connecting ABE to Biotech Industry
• PCR
• Shoreline Community College Biotechnology Lab Specialist Program

PCR

• Dolan Learning Center's Animation of PCR 

PTC-PCR LAB

• PTC PCR lab
• Teacher Preparation for PTC PCR lab
• Video Clip on The Science of Picky Eaters

Bioinformatics from Digital World Biology

• Bioinformatics activities from PD workshops Easy as ABC [PPT]
  • Link to Bioinformatics Activities for ABE at Digital World Biology [at Digital World Biology]
  • Exploring Fluorescent Proteins
  • Link to Can You Taste That? PTC Tasting Ability Among Primates [at Digital World Biology]
    • Can You Taste That? [PPT]

Other Lab Activities

• Cheek DNA Extraction
• 1.1   Pipetting practice for lab partners
• 1.1 Extension:  Pipetting Suncatchers
• DNA Video from They might be Giants

Grant Opportunities

• National Science Teachers Association
• eSchoolNews
• Honda
• Toshiba

Vendors Who Work with the Shoreline Biotech Experience and Our Teachers

• BioRad - Damon Tighe  Supplemental kits and supplies
• Phenix - Mark Norman General lab supplies
• Rainin - Sylviane Tracy  Pipettes
• NEB - Lori Tonello Enzymes and buffers, DNA Markers

MiniOne systems: Gel Electrophoresis and PCR system and MiniLabs

• Embi Tec - Mindy Lee Olsen
• Embi Tec - Erika Fong

About MiniOne Systems:

MiniOne® Systems, part of Embi Tec, provides instruments, lab kits, accessories, and reagents for teaching hands-on molecular biology labs. Our products are affordable, reliable, safe, and robust for student use.

MiniOne Electrophoresis System integrates a power supply, gel tank, LED illuminator, and photo hood into one unit that is safe and fast – no ethidium bromide, no UV, visualize DNA separation in real time, and a typical electrophoresis run takes only 20 minutes.

MiniOne PCR System is affordable, intuitive, and fast so that students can experience first-hand programming and monitoring DNA amplification reactions on a thermal cycler via an intuitive and interactive app on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or a mobile tablet, which connects to the thermal cycler via a Bluetooth LE connection – no cable or wifi required. With a temperature range of 4 – 99° C and the ability to hold at 4°C, the thermal cycler can be used for transformation, restriction digests, or DNA extractions.

MiniOne MiniLabs, available for a wide range of applications including DNA fingerprinting, forensics, PTC genetics, restriction digests, are lab kits designed specifically for classroom use that minimize pre-class preparation for teachers and maximize hands-on engagement and learning for students.

About the MiniOne Partnership with Shoreline Community College’s Shoreline Biotech Experience:

MiniOne Systems has a strong commitment to help teachers bring biotech and molecular biology techniques to the classroom so that students can gain first-hand experience. We strongly believe learning molecular biology techniques must be done by doing. Shoreline Community College’s Shoreline Biotech Experience is a great program to empower teachers to bring techniques, equipment, and reagents to their classroom so that their students can learn by doing practical, hands-on, real-world experiments. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to help fund the Shoreline Biotech Experience and be part of a program that helps teachers to inspire and enable our next generation of scientists.