"Ward's® Thermochemistry In The Bag Inquiry Demonstration Activities"

Identify Host and Donor Bacteria in Gene Transfer Activity

Culture Common Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Fast and Simple

Two o strains of Escherichia coli; one exhibiting Ampicillin resistance, and one sensitive, but competent and ready to receive the plasmid that confers resistance.

Visualize an abstract concept in under fifteen minutes.

Bullfrog tadpoles are great for demonstrating metamorphosis in the classroom.

A Common Intestinal Flora Isolate, Demonstrates Alpha Hemolysis on Blood Agar Growth Medium

For Demonstration of Typtophan Dependance or Independence in Yeast

First test step in Identifying Pathogenic Staphylococcus.

These plasmids allow you to perform bacterial transformations, conferring new antibiotic resistance, as a visual way of demonstrating gene transfer.