Colorful Dye Electrophoresis MiniLab (M3007TAE)

Description

This fun and colorful lab introduces students to gel electrophoresis principles, including the basics of electricity and macromolecules. Teach students to predict how molecular size and electrical charge affect a molecule’s migration in a separation matrix. This lab uses color dye samples, and is appropriate for middle school and beginning secondary school students (ages 9 – 14.

Materials Included in Each MiniLab:

Each MiniLab contains enough materials for 10 workstations, 2 – 3 students per workstation.

Materials include:

• Ten 1% agarose gel cups
• Nine color dye samples
• One bottle of 100 mL Tris-Acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer concentrate, enough to make 2L of 1X running buffer
• One bag of 0.65 mL microcentrifuge tubes
• One bag of 2 – 200 µL micropipette tips
• Teacher’s guide

**Please note the following equipment is REQUIRED but not included: 

The MiniOne Electrophoresis System 

Supporting Documents

Utilize these teachers guides and classroom handouts to get the most out of your Colorful Dye Electrophoresis MiniLab.

• Teacher’s guide*
• Student guide
• Dilution instructions for TAE Buffer Concentrate
• Dilution instructions for TBE Buffer Concentrate

*Teachers, please contact us for password to access this file.