Resources

The Theme: In the first minute, if not the first moment, put something intriguing in the hands of the learners or something puzzling in their minds.

Our Goal: Sophisticated ideas elegantly presented with simple materials.

BioTrek Teaching Tools: Activities and analogies, paradoxes and puzzles that invite learners to explore and test ideas through experiments.

Here is a list of the many different activities we offer. Click on the names to get the printable copy:

BIOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS

• ImProv Electrophoresis
• DNA Microarray
• Genomics Mapping (Analogy) —- Campus Map
• Micropipetting: Measuring and Moving Liquids
• Invent the Scientific Squirt Gun
• Manduca Tobacco Hornworm
• Biotechnology Poster (Free to Print!)
• Biotechnology & Food

DISCOVERY

• Which Makes Better Bubbles: Skim Milk or Whole?
• Is Shaking Necessary to Make Butter?
• Potato Chips: Can you See the Fat?
• Acid or Base?
• Where is the Starch?
• How Well do you Wash your Hands?
• Magical Pencils
• Milk Fireworks/True Identity

WISCONSIN
INNOVATION

• Micropipette Story
• UW-Madison Center for Genomic Science Innovation
• UW-Madison Nobel Prize Winners
• Arabidopsis in Space
• Build a Better Potato Plant
• Monarch Butterflies and Bt Corn
• Venturing into Science with Rural Wisconsin
• Whitefly and Tomato Disease
• Red Bull May Not Give You Wings

BIOTREK ARCHIVES

The BioTrek archives include previous articles about BioTrek in the news, as well as essays, presentations, and former team members.

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