COVID-19 Education
Covid-19 Case Study
The Power of a Test: How COVID-19 is Diagnosed and Who Does It
Written by The Jackson Laboratory's Alison Kieffer, Emaly Piecuch, Christina Vallianatos and Sarah Wojiski.
COVID-19 Animations
Integral to our mission to improve human health, JAX is committed to helping address the coronavirus pandemic as quickly as possible. In order to educate the public, JAX created a series of animated videos on topics related to COVID-19 including how testing works, the importance of social distancing and much more. These videos may be appropriate in teaching your students about COVID-19.
Check out the series here.
Molecular Biology:
Teachers, please email ttgg@jax.org to request written laboratory protocols for the molecular genetics exercises.
Using a Micropipette (Video)
DNA Extraction Wet Lab Protocol: DNA Extraction Part 1/ DNA Extraction Part 2 (Videos)
What is PCR? (Video)
PCR Wet Lab Protocol: PCR Part 1/ PCR Part 2 (Videos)
Restriction Digest Wet Lab Protocol: Restriction Digest (Video)
Gel Electrophoresis Wet Lab Protocol: Gel Electrophoresis (Video)
Prep for Sequence Analysis Wet Lab Protocol: Prep for Sequence Analysis (videos)
4Peaks (Mac)/ Chromas (Mac)/ Benchling (Netbook)
Sanger Sequencing Powerpoint
Jargon Jumble
Mendelian Genetics Activity - Interpreting Gels
Gene Sheets
ACE
ACTN3
CYP
OXTR
TASR
Bioinformatics:
Bioinformatics Overview
Overview of Databases
Wikipedia vs. OMIM
Model Organism Databases
The Curious Case of Dr. James Lupski
Ethics:
Personal Genetics Education Project
Mighty Mice in Space:
Teachers, please email ttgg@jax.org for teacher versions of each lesson.
Mighty Mice in Space Teacher Guide
Lesson 1 Making Predictions - Student Version
Lesson 2 Analyzing Data - Student Version
Lesson 3 Research Project
Lesson 3 PowerPoint Template