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A comprehensive set of resources to help you talk to your students about the ongoing pandemic.
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When asked to dilute a solution, students (and sometimes teachers) tend to panic! Though we all know what it means to ‘dilute’, sometimes one can be confused on how to actually perform a dilution.
Many of us are familiar with the routine of applying (and hopefully reapplying) sunscreen when spending the day outside. For those of us who may not be the best at remembering to reapply, or are just looking for a different…
What are pipettes? Pipettes are a large group of laboratory tools that scientists use to measure and manipulate liquids. The simplest pipettes closely resemble eye droppers with squeezable bulbs. These are known as Pasteur pipettes after their inventor Louis Pasteur.…
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering vine-like plant, a major global crop, and one of the best parts of summer. However, the original watermelons were small, thick-skinned, and bitter. Fortunately, five thousand years of human ingenuity has transformed this species…
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At Edvotek, one of our main jobs involves answering science questions – Are there ways to improve this experiment? Why did only half of the groups get the expected results? How can we create a classroom-friendly version of this new…
Agarose gel electrophoresis uses electricity and a porous gel matrix to separate mixtures of DNA molecules into discrete bands based on their size. As the current is running, the DNA molecules move through the pores in the gel. Since it’s…
Biotechnology Breakthroughs: Messenger RNA Vaccines for Covid-19
Explore the biology behind mRNA vaccines and break down the initial Pfizer and Moderna clinical data.