STEM Learning Resources

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