Activity 3: Exploring Our DNA (Teacher Guide)

This teaching guide is a suggested sequence for Activity 3, which is part of the Amgen Biotech Experience Exploring Precision Medicine Curriculum. This provides pacing, ideas for in-person instruction and discussion, as well as links to digital supports for a hybrid experience. To learn about digital supports for this curriculum, see the Amgen Biotech Experience Exploring Precision Medicine Cluster. For more information on this classroom and lab-based curriculum, see the Teaching and Learning Materials from the Amgen Biotech Experience.

Topics

  • taq polymerase
  • knockout
  • extend
  • anneal
  • denature
  • denaturing
  • annealing
  • extension
  • thermocycler
  • thermal cycler
  • polymerase chain reaction
  • copying DNA
  • PCR
  • isolating DNA
  • heat
  • buffer
  • swab
  • chelex
  • DNA
  • cheek cells
  • DNA extraction
  • chromosome
  • gene mapping
  • genes
  • Exploring Precision Medicine
  • precision medicine
  • Amgen Biotech Experience
  • ABE