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If you told your students they'd spend a whole lab period looking at worms, they might groan. But Caenorhabditis elegans—better known as C. elegans—isn't just any worm. This tiny, transparent roundworm has helped scientists win Nobel Prizes, discover how cells…
Read More Meet C. elegans: The Tiny Worm That’s a Giant in Science
When you hear the words plastic pollution, your mind might jump to bottles bobbing in the ocean or plastic bags fluttering in the wind. But some of the most persistent—and problematic—plastic pollutants are so small, you can’t even see them.…
Read More Tiny but Troubling: Investigating Microplastics in Our Environment
In the United States and elsewhere, schools are getting ready to shut down for summer break. While we completely understand the urge to run from the building after the last lab report is graded, we all know that some time…
Read More Closing down the lab: How to get ready for the long summer break
One of my favorite ways to design new experiments for Edvotek is to be inspired by real world biotechnology news. We've released kits talking about vaccine development, genetic cures with CRISPR, and disease detection using the ELISA. A recent use…
Read More Follow That Flush! Designing a kit that teaches real world public health techniques
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