Activities

The Biotechnology Institute uses innovative, hands-on exercises to introduce biotechnology into the classroom. The following activites are just a few examples from the professional development workshops that the Institute runs year-round.

Cherry DNA Activity

Learn how to extract DNA from cherries

Fruit Loops Activity

Learn how to extract DNA from various types of fruits to determine which fruit has the most DNA

additional activities in shoestring biotechnology

Check out more low-cost, practical, teacher-tested activities in the Shoestring Biotechnology: Budget-Oriented High Quality Biotechnology Laboratories for Two-Year and High School, the laboratory manual for high school and two-year colleges co-published by the Biotechnology Institute and the National Association of Biology Teacher (NABT.)

innovative "labs-on-wheels"

These mobile laboratories allow more students to develop a deeper understanding of molecular biology through hands-on experiences.


MdBio Lab Bus

MdBio Mobile Lab

The Mobile Lab provides a compelling learning environment centered on bioscience for high school students and their teachers throughout the state of Maryland.

Website: http://www.mdbiolab.org/

 


Connecticut's BioBus

Connecticut's BioBus

Connecticut's BioBus Program is a 40-foot, custom-designed mobile laboratory. The BioBus presents hands-on experiences in the life sciences above and beyond the normal classroom curriculum.

Website: http://www.ctbiobus.org/


Boston University's BioBus

Boston University's MobileLab

The MobileLab provides continuity and enrichment of Boston University's CityLab experience by taking the program on location.

Website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/