Lesson OverviewSummary This activity allows students to explore cells in a new way. The set of protists used in this activity offer a wide range of motilities, sizes, and shapes. This activity also offers a great introduction to using different kinds of microscopes,...

Lesson OverviewSummary This is an activity that allows the instructor to identify any misconceptions about cells.  It’s a great introduction into cells and the characteristics of living things because it requires students to share their ideas.  Any misconceptions can...

Lesson Overview Summary This activity introduces students to ethics and bioethics. Bioethics concerns some of the more difficult dilemmas and decisions facing scientists as science advances, particularly in the field of Cellular Engineering which strives, in part, to...

Lesson OverviewSummary This activity explores genetic engineering as a tool to construct new cellular organisms, using the pGLO Bacterial Transformation Kit from BioRad, but framing it as a biosensor activity. Bacterial biosensors are relatively easy to construct from...