Teacher's Lesson Guides

These Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero lesson guides developed by Mindfuel.ca (Alberta Science Foundation) make it easy for educators to implement hands-on student activities in the classroom based on the genetic engineering concepts presented in Amino Labs kits and their Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Guide book.

Each lesson guide includes a variety of student activities: hands-on experiments, virtual simulators, individual and group assignments, powerpoint presentations, worksheets and assessments with accompanying teacher keys. The Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero book and experiment kits for chapter 3 and 4 are quite important for these lessons! Lesson 1 and 2 do not require any Amino Labs kit - you can use your own materials from home. 

This 4 part lesson guide covers:

1. Discover DNA,
2. Genetic Engineering & Lab safety, (Free download - teach & practice safe science ☺︎)
3. Growing and understanding E. Coli cells using the Canvas kit, and
4. Genetic Engineering E. Coli cells with DNA Plasmids using the Engineer-it kit 

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Each STEM lesson will allow you to teach the main concept through theory, virtual, and hands-on exercises. 

Each of the 4 STEM lessons can be used independently to teach the individual concepts as part of your larger science, genetics, biotechnology module or together to form the Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Learning Journey. 

If you are new to teaching genetic engineering and biotechnology in the classroom, our Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Beginner's guide to programming bacteria is a great primer for yourself, and eventually your students. This book is divided into 7 chapters, with the first 4 chapters being directly linked to these lesson guides. More information available here, 

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These lesson guides are electronic downloads. A link to the lesson(s) and asset(s) will be sent to you after purchase.