Extracting DNA and looking at it under the ProScopes
Throughout the week all Biology students have been leaning how easy it is to extract DNA from a strawberry using common household items. Some students took it a little farther and tried to extract DNA from other fruits, vegetables and fungus. Thanks to a BEEF grant students were also able to magnify their specimen with a digital proscope. The proscope plugs into their chromebooks which allows lab groups to take pictures of their specimens. Although a very simple lab, students are always surprised by the fact that we can extract DNA so easily and the addition of the digital microscope technology was a very fun and interesting step