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Edvotek Agar Art: Creating Masterpieces with Microbes
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At the intersection of art, science, and technology is Bio-Art, the creation of works of art using living matter.
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Description
One common way to create Bio-Art uses bacteria transformed with DNA codes for brightly-colored proteins. In this experiment, students create "Bio-Paints" using bacterial culture techniques. The color-producing microbes are painted onto an agar plate canvas. After incubation will inspect, admire, and hopefully share your living art.Features
- Create works of art using color-producing microbes
- Explore the intersections of science and art and the field of BioArt
- Understand the transformation technologies used to create bacterial BioPaints
- Includes four brightly colored BioPaints and the material needed for 25 agar canvases
- For 25 Students
- Complete in 60 Minutes (plus two incubations)
Includes:
- Instructions
- Ampicillin
- IPTG
- GFP
- Pink
- Blue
- Purple BactoBeads™
- ReadyPour™ Luria Broth agar
- Sterile
- Luria Broth liquid media
- Inoculating loops
- Sterile
- Plastic loops
- Non-sterile
- Toothpicks
- Petri plates
- 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes
- 10 mL pipet
- Sterile
Specifications
Allergens:
Contains No Allergens
Maximum Age:
18+
Maximum Grade Level:
Grade 12 +
No Choking Hazard