LAB-AIDS Strawberry DNA Extraction Kit

An excellent lab activity for all levels of teaching and for transferring complex concepts from the abstract into real observations. Students will visualize DNA and understand some of its properties as this experiment illustrates the enormous length of the DNA molecule. This kit provides everything necessary (except strawberries) for students to extract DNA by first crushing the strawberry, then lysing to release the cell components, and finally precipitating and viewing the DNA after spooling the DNA on a splint. Step-by-step student instructions and teacher background information are included. Designed for a class of 8 teams of 4 students and contains all the materials to conduct 2 extractions.