At Bio-Rad, our mission is to support life science education by providing educators the tools they need to offer thorough, current, and engaging experiences for their students. To support your efforts, we have compiled a number of resources and materials that can stand alone or enrich your lessons.

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Your students may have questions about COVID-19, from its biology to how it spreads and how it is detected and treated. This presents a rich opportunity to teach key concepts in biology through the lens of an ongoing real-world context. The relevance of biology to students’ lives has never been so clear!

COVID-19 Teaching Resources Access Bio-Rad’s hands-on activities, lesson plans, and free resources to help teach the biology and detection of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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This video demonstrates how to transform bacteria using the Bio-Rad Explorer pGLO Bacterial Transformation Kit.

Use these short, instructional videos to enrich lessons about bacteria, bacterial transformation, and the green fluorescent protein (GFP).

Obtain background information about the pGLO plasmid and GFP.

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Student-facing extensions that are also useful for AP exam prep.

Have your students use this CRISPR paper model activity at home to learn about the CRISPR-Cas9 system.

Students can use this activity to design Cas9 target sites in the human genome and determine risk for off-target effect.

See an overview about how CRISPR works, some of its applications, and links to reference articles.

Have your students gain perspectives about CRISPR from some of the industry’s leading experts.

Use this student-facing slide deck, modifying it as needed, to help guide your students through the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing lab activity.

Your students can use this paper model activity alongside the videos or animations to get a solid grasp of the components of an ELISA and how they work together in antibody/antigen detection.

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Use these videos to demonstrate a qualitative or quantitative ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) using the Bio-Rad Explorer ELISA Immuno Explorer Kit.How to Perform a Qualitative ELISAHow to Perform a Quantitative ELISA

View and share animated tutorials designed to enhance the learning experience.Antigen DetectionAntibody Detection

Use these informational and entertaining videos to bring your lessons on PCR to life.

The steps of PCR are best visualized through animation.

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An editable presentation that explains how real-time PCR works and how it can be used for quantitative purposes.

An editable presentation that explains how real-time PCR works and several of its real-life applications.

Narrated by David Palmer, PhD, this webinar covers the basics of real-time PCR with a unique explanation of the calculation of starting DNA quantities from real-time PCR data.

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Student-facing extensions that are also useful for AP exam prep.

Useful for AP Biology and AP Environmental Science exam preparation, this activity challenges your students to think through the biological causes and economic and ecological impacts of algae blooms and the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Incorporate these short, instructional videos into your lessons about photosynthesis, cellular respiration, pigments, and Beer’s Law.

Show your students the results they would see with algae beads and pH indicator solution.

Bio-Rad Explorer presentations in an editable format — copy and paste images and tailor the content to fit your needs.

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Videos that provide training on various core biotechnology laboratory skills.

Instruction videos that enrich lessons and help students learn from some of the industry's leading experts.

Relieve some stress and add some color to your science classroom. Download the following coloring pages.Download

Decorate your classroom and teaching labs with these colorful posters. Click "Add to Cart" and log in to order a free print.

The Biotech Universe Poster highlights the use of the pGLO plasmid to teach the flow of biological information from DNA to RNA to protein to trait.

The PCR Poster illustrates the technique that revolutionized the way we look at genomics, forensics, medicine, evolution, and ecology.

The CRISPR Poster features medical breakthroughs that have been enabled by CRISPR gene editing technology, as well as a timeline of this and other Nobel prizes earned by women in science.

The Life Science Careers Poster showcases the breadth and depth of career opportunities that are possible with a life science or biotechnology background. Click Add to Cart to order a free, printed full-size poster, or Download a customizable, 11 x 7" poster (PDF)