We meet in 106A (Ms. Mundy's room)

Our next meeting is at 3:30 on January 25 

At this meeting, we will learn about Dog Genetics with DNA electrophoresis.

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE NEXT CoLAB CLUB MEETING! 

By knowing who will attend, we are able to provide enough food and lab materials for each student.

At our first meeting, we learned about the tenets of scientific investigation. Scientists and students combined vinegar and baking soda in varying ratios in order to produce carbon dioxide, and used the produced carbon dioxide to determine the ideal ratio between our two reactants.

At our second meeting, students practiced the basics of DNA extraction with different types of fruit. Students, with the aid of scientists, extracted the DNA from bananas, strawberries, oranges, and grapes. After that, they looked at the DNA under a microscope--and discussed what worked best and why!

At our third meetings, students performed a task that many of our scientists do every day: gel electrophoresis. In this activity, students examined PCR-amplified KIT genes from six cats in order to determine which allele--long or short--was responsible for white-spotting in the cats.