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Dye Electrophoresis Lab: Molecular Rainbow - Instructor's and Student's Guide
Version: 1.0 - Release: April 2022 - © 2022 by miniPCR bio™
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Instructor's Guide
At a glance
Bring a molecular rainbow to your classroom!
This lab offers students an engaging introduction to the theory and practice of a fundamental
biotechnology technique: gel electrophoresis. Students will run dye samples to demonstrate how gel
electrophoresis can be used to characterize molecules and separate molecular mixtures.
Reagents sufficient for eight lab groups.
TECHNIQUES
Micropipetting
Gel electrophoresis
TOPICS
Electric charge
Electric forces
Molecular separation
LEVEL
Middle school
General high school
WHAT YOU NEED
Micropipette
Gel electrophoresis
system
Help your students build proficiency in pipetting and gel electrophoresis with
additional instructional videos, worksheets, and activities available at:
minipcr.com/tutorials/
Additional
supports
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For answers to the lab study questions, email answers@minipcr.com. Please include the name of the lab, as well as your
name, school, and title in the body of the email.
Planning your time
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* Allow an additional 25 minutes if students will be preparing the gels in class.
Gel electrophoresis Interpret results
SINGLE CLASS PERIOD: 45 MINUTES* if gels are prepared in advance
