In this lab, students will:

  • Discover/review the location and the role of DNA in our bodies
  • Perform gel electrophoresis to compare DNA from suspects to DNA found at the crime scene
  • Explore how genetic signatures are used in forensics and other applications
  • Discuss how environmental and genetic factors influence organisms

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Standards:

  • 8-LS1-5. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
  • 8-LS3-1. Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.

Typical Schedule*:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrive/walk to the lab
9:30 Start lab (up to 64 students**)
11:30 – 12:00 End lab or break for lunch (~1hr)
12:30 – 1:00 Start lab again
1:30 – 2:00 Depart

*Schedule can be adjusted to meet your school’s needs
**If you have more than 64 students, see large group schedule
***Given your needs, we can end the lab before or after lunch

Typical Large Group Schedule*:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrive/walk to the lab
9:30 – 11:30 Lab for A group** (up to 64 students)
11:30 – 12:30 Switch groups
12:30 – 2:30 Lab for B group*** (up to 64 students)
2:30 Depart

*Schedule can be adjusted to meet your school’s needs
**B group participates in another campus activity; school chaperones arrange
***A group participates in another campus activity; school chaperones arrange