Guides & Lesson Plans

Need additional teaching materials? Or a quick refresher?

Edvotek's guides and lesson plans offer a succinct overview of important techniques, how-to's, and common pitfalls.

Student Holiday Activities

  • Ornament Template - Element Names
  • Pumpkin Template - DNA
  • Pumpkin Template - Skeleton Hand Holding Petri Plate
  • Pumpkin Template - Skeleton Hand Holding Micropipette
  • Pumpkin Template - Skull with DNA
  • How-To Tips

  • How To - Read Product Labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • How To - Calculate Transformation Efficiency
  • Source Plates: The Foundation to a Successful Transformation
  • How To - Pipetting
  • How To - Protein Electrophoresis
  • Edvotek at Home


  • Cancer Gene Detection
  • The ELISA Assay
  • Restriction Enzyme Analysis of DNA
  • Transformation: Exploring Biotechnology with GFP
  • Multiplex PCR Testing of Water Contaminants
  • Exploring the Genetics of Taste: SNP Analysis of the PTC Gene Using PCR
  • Chromatography
  • Protein Electrophoresis
  • For "At Home" Fun: Edvotek® Biotechnology Scavenger Hunt
  • Quick Guides

  • Quick Guide - Using Technology to Create a DNA Standard Curve
  • Quick Guide - Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
  • Quick Guide - Electrophoresis with the EDGE™ Integrated Electrophoresis System
  • Quick Guide - Culturing Microorganisms
  • Quick Guide - Micropipetting Basics
  • Quick Guide - Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Quick Guide - Protein Electrophoresis
  • Quick Guide - Transformation
  • Quick Guide - Enhanced Transformation Protocol
  • Quick Guide - What's New in EDVO-Kit #403
  • Quick Guide - Visualizing DNA
  • Quick Guide - SYBR® Safe Stain
  • Quick Guide - Transfer Pipets
  • Quick Guide - Biotechnology Basics: Outfitting Your Biotech Classroom
  • Quick Guide - Biotechnology Basics: Innovations In Your Classroom
  • A Comparison of Thermal Cycler Efficiency
  • Plasmid Maps

  • Plasmid Map - pEdvo301 (Kit 301)
  • Plasmid Map - pFluoroGren (Kits 223, 303, 305)
  • Plasmid Map - pFluoroGreen and pFluoroBlue (Kit 222)
  • Plasmid Map - pGAL (Kit 221)
  • Worksheets

  • Worksheet - Structure of DNA
  • Worksheet - Fingerprint Maze
  • Worksheet - Create a 3D Model of DNA
  • Inquiry Guide - ELISA
  • Inquiry Guide - Electrophoresis
  • Inquiry Guide - Transformation
  • Inquiry Guide - PCR
  • Story Tiles

  • Story Tiles - ELISA, Negative
  • Story Tiles - ELISA, Positive
  • Story Tiles - Transformation, Protocol
  • Story Tiles - Transformation
  • Story Tiles - PCR