Re: [DIYbio] Looking for low cost equipment

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Daniel TerBush <terbush@wis.edu> wrote:
I am new to these forums (just signed up today) and I am a high school chemistry teacher with a pretty extensive molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry background. I just accepted a new teaching position and I want to develop a molecular biology course for seniors in high school. In order to do that, I need a fairly extensive list of equipment.

I think all of these equipment questions would make fantastic student projects. The projects would be to either custom build or acquire the different pieces of equipment, explain and present how they work, and show whether or not they meet certain operating requirements. Then run some gels on the electrophoresis machines to show some standard ladders, show that the thermocycler is properly cycling and getting predictable results, etc. Getting all the equipment upfront on your own is also a pretty neat deal for the students.

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
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