Activity 3.2 - PCR technique

Learning Aims:

Materials:

Suggestions for use:

In this activity a specific method is being used to divide the work between different groups of students. The steps of this method are described here:
- At the first step, students work on different sources individually.
- In the second step, students exchange information and discuss this with fellow students who have studied the same source. Each student then will become an expert in this particular source. Students write down their own questions about the PCR-technique, these might be questions that can be found in their source but also questions they have themselves.
- In the last step, the student mix again and now exchange information with the experts from the other sources. In the group, the questions of the individual students have to be answered.

This method is highly recommended but of course the teacher can decide to use another method.

The teacher divides the students in several groups and gives each student the proper sources. Each group (A, B and C) has to study two sources: a text file and a animation on youtube. The sources are as stated below: