Gene Cloning 3-D Model Making Kit

Gene cloning is easy to grasp with our colorful easy-to-assemble model!

Gene cloning is a powerful tool of molecular biology that can be used to manufacturer proteins for medicines and for research!

With this interactive model your students make base pairs and combine them to make a model of plasmid.

They then use it to learn about gene cloning or genetic engineering by carrying out a restriction enzyme digest and adding an gene insert. This insert can represent either the insulin or green fluorescent protein (GFP) genes.

Your students learn about plasmid structure, use of vectors, marker genes, restriction enzymes recognition sites, sticky ends, multiple cloning site and promoters.

The Model Making Kit includes enough materials for students to assemble up to 5 paper models working cooperatively. The comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide included provides illustrated readings, activities, key vocabulary and an assessment, along with teaching opportunities for students to Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend and Evaluate their understanding of the concepts presented.

Models are powerful tools for teaching science because they provide useful simplifications of structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple.

Based upon the NGSS Standards, students are expected to develop and use models to represent structures, systems and processes, and then provide explanations, make predictions, or investigate possible solutions.

Using the ready-to-use materials provided with each 3-D model set, students first assemble a model to represent a structure or an entire system as an aid to develop questions and explanations. They will then generate data and observations that can be used to make predictions and communicate ideas to others.