Semester Activities Offered to Local High & Middle Schools

A presentation on possible careers in biotechnology

• Biomedical (Pharmaceutical)
• Agricultural
• Forensics science
• Industrial production (Ethanol, food, bio-diesel)

(Suggested for biology or chemistry course)

Demonstration of chemical tests and use of microscope

•  Mystery powder activity

• Will give a case study and 6 white powders (salt, baking soda, sugar, chalk powder, starch, and mystery powder which is one of these 5)
• Students job is to identify the mystery powder and convict a person upon several tests of the powders which include water test, vinegar test, iodine test, and finally a microscope test

(Suggested for biology or chemistry course)

DNA extraction from cheek cells

• Will extract DNA from cheek cells followed by a discussion of DNA

(Suggested for biology course)

Finger printing activity

• Will give a case study
• Will create a finger print database from the students
• Students job is to identify the finger print used in the case
• Discussion of fingerprints

(Suggested for biology or chemistry course)

Bioethics

• Introduction to Bioethics
• Will give a case study
• Will work on it as a class after having explored the Hastings Center Model

(Suggested for biology course)

Chromatography

• Introduction to chromatography
• Give case study
• Then have students work on identifying the ink used from several ink markers

(Suggested for chemistry course)

Forensics Activity

• Activities where students will be applying skills of chemistry to the study of forensic science