Our Bestselling AP® Experiments are now in one easy mini bundle to make exploring inquiry-based biotechnology a snap, and they are in a best sellers bundle for a limited time only!
Why are we doing this? We have recently revised them to make your pre-lab prep and student experimentation easier to perform. We are working on creating the same resources for our other AP kits but we were so excited about these we had to roll them out early.
The new downloadable content folder includes our traditional full instruction guide with background information, an illustrated protocol, student questions, and full teacher preparation. However, based on educator feedback, we developed a few new resources to further improve your experiments. This includes:
- Enhanced student protocols with fillable lab notebook pages and direct links to videos and resources to help your students better engage with the content.
- Detailed alignment to the AP curriculum with learning objectives and in-depth experiment overviews.
- All-inclusive instructor guides with practical experiment tips and tricks. We point out potential pitfalls and expanded the descriptions in the preparation guides.
- Slide presentations with all of the background figures to be used for your pre-lab lectures.
The included experiments focus on two critical techniques in biotechnology that are part of the AP “Dirty Dozen.” They are:
EDVO-Kit #223-AP08 Transformation of E. coli with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
In this experiment, students will explore the biological process of bacterial transformation using E. coli and plasmid DNA. At the end of the activity, students will have experience observing and analyzing acquired traits (ampicillin resistance and fluorescence) as exhibited by transformed bacterial cells.
EDVO-Kit #AP09 Restriction Enzyme Analysis of DNA
This experiment introduces the use of restriction enzymes as a tool to digest DNA at specific nucleotide sequences. Bacteriophage lambda DNA has a linear structure and 6 Eco RI recognition sites. Separation by agarose gel electrophoresis of an Eco RI digest of lambda DNA will yield 6 bands (5 distinct bands, two are very close in size) corresponding to the DNA fragments.
Check them out and let us know what you think! We will be rolling out these new revisions to the complete AP curriculum so keep an eye on your email.
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