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The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) has created this laboratory manual for using recombinant cells to make proteins-of-interests.  This manual focuses on tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) secreting Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells.  The accompanying zip file contains the...

This lab activity from the Biotechnology Alliance for Suncoast Biology Educators (BASBE) covers background information on the basic types of chromatography and has the student separate pigments extracted from pens and plant leaves using paper chromatography. The lesson includes the materials needed...

This lesson plan, adapted from the United States Department of Energy's "Science, Society and America's Nuclear Waste-Ionizing Radiation," teaches students how to visually demonstrate radiation and develop an understanding of detectors.  This webpage includes downloads to a PDF document of the...

This resource, from Piedmont Virginia Community College, includes files for a project-based learning module that "provide[s] a background for controlling stepper motors using a basic microcontroller." During this project, "students will gain experience in breadboard prototyping, basic electronic...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, will help students begin to understand nanotechnology, specifically behaviors of materials at the nanoscale. Students will "explore two factors affecting the thin film deposition, film cracking and the formation of 'coffee...

This learning activity will provide students with an introduction to the layup method of composite production. Students will use epoxy resin and fiberglass woven cloth to create their own lay-up, and in the process learn about matrices, resins, hardeners, and release agents. This activity is...

This learning activity will provides a lesson on "the effect on strength and stiffness of a material when it is manufactured as a composite." Popsicle sticks are used to demonstrate the difference between singular materials and composite materials. The activity is meant for students to understand...

The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) has made convergence technology curriculum available online, which includes related topics like telecom history, voice, transmission, LANs and WANs, wireless networks and podcasts/webcasts. The site includes a syllabus, learning activities and...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this demonstration on corrosion. The laboratory exercise will allow students the opportunity to "observe the electrochemical nature of the changes in an iron nail when it corrodes and to investigate methods to protect it." Ways...

Program Description Bio-Link offers a number of Course-in-a-Box resources intended for instructors to adapt and introduce into new courses. These collections of resources have been compiled and contributed by instructors of Bio-Link programs. Resources can include course descriptions, student...