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Sa Safety Rules Reminders

1. Take your time doing your experiment. 2. Wash your hands when the class ends. 3. No horseplay, but it’s ok to have fun. 4. No cell phones, put away phone and ear buds. 5. Know where safety items are located. 6. Don’t leave chemicals unattended. 7. Dispose of waste properly. 8. Be gentle with our instruments. 9. Use instruments properly.

• 10. Clear floor area.
• 11. Respect peers and teachers.
• 12. Read lab before class.
• 13. Wear only closed toe shoes.

Sa Safety Rules Reminders

1. Respect the equipment. Use them properly. 2. Don’t touch anything unless asked to do so. 3. Use common sense when working. 4. Tie back long hair. 5. Listen to the teacher. 6. Don’t taste anything. Go to the hallway to eat or drink. 7. Don’t smell anything directly. 8. Personal belongings go under the table. 9. Phones away!

• 10. Dispose of waste appropriately.
• 11. Respect others and help your lab partners.

Lab b Norms s & R & Rem emin inder ers

• 1. Safety…

What is Agarose Gel Electrophoresis?

Slides to accompany Food Dye Electrophoresis unit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmS- 2QVb88&index=1&list=PLUnALhV4nXxP9x7QOws79_12-tSkblNG6 From: 4:09-4:18; repeat

On your prelab worksheet page 2: Write down:

I notice… I wonder:…

Dr Draw a a m model

Make up a hypothesis of:

• “Why are the colors moving towards a different

direction? or

• Why are colors not moving towards the same

direction?”

• Draw a model of hypothesis on the pre-lab activity

sheet, page 2

Ji Jigsa gsaw Reading

Read silently for 1-2 minutes, independently. Reading #1

• Electrophoresis is a versatile tool in molecular biology. There

are many different types of electrophoresis but they all work on the same principle. Samples are places on one end

• f a ‘gel’. The gel is a substance that consists of a molecular

matrix of evenly sized and spaced openings. An electrical current is passed through the gel. The current moves the molecules in the sample through the gel. The rate at which the molecules move depends on both their size and their

• charge. Large molecules will be slowed by the matrix while

small molecules will move more quickly. Molecules with a charge will move rapidly while uncharged molecules will move slowly.

Ji Jigsa gsaw Reading

Read silently for 1-2 minutes, independently. Reading #2

• Gel Electrophoresis: The process in which molecules (such

as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size and electrical charge by applying an electric current to them while that are in a gel. The current forces the molecules through pores in a thin layer of gel, a firm jelly-like substance. The gel can be made so that its pores are just the right dimensions for separating molecules within a specific range of sizes and shapes. Smaller fragments usually travel further that larger ones.

Ji Jigsa gsaw Reading

Read silently for 1-2 minutes, independently. Reading #3

• Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory method used to separate

molecules according to size. In gel electrophoresis, the molecules to be separated are pushed by an electrical field through a gel that contains small pores. The molecules travel through the pores in the gel at a speed that is inversely related to their lengths. This means that a small DNA molecule will travel a greater distance through the gel than will a larger DNA molecule. After just a few minutes, but mixture will start to separate.

Ji Jigsa gsaw Reading

Answer the question on your pre-lab, page 2

“How does electrophoresis separate molecules?” Revise your hypothesis by revising your model (drawing).

What is Agarose Gel Electrophoresis?

Slides to accompany Food Dye Electrophoresis unit

Agarose se Gel

• Agarose is made from seaweed (agar-agar)
• It is a sugar or a polysaccharide
• It is similar to gelatin (Jell-O)
• It forms pores that molecules can go

through

Image from: https://www.quora.com/Biotechnology-What-is- agarose https://www.amazon.com/Golden

• Coins-ALmond-Gelatin-

Dessert/dp/B00853076Q http://www.jello.com/products

Agarose se Gel – in in Scienc ience

• In science, we use it to separate charged large

molecules

• Today, we will separate food dye molecules
• Next time, we will use it to separate another large

molecule, DNA

Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarose Image from: Y.Loh Image from: babec.org

Ag Agarose e Gel Gel Elect ectrophores esis Mo Movement of molecules

• Molecules move based on charge
• Separation on the agarose gel is

based on size

• Think of this like a bear and rabbit

moving through a forest…

Image from: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/74-Z_speeder_bike

Mo Moveme ment based on

• n charge
• Charged molecules move through a gel when

connected to electrical current

• One end of the gel is positively charged, and the
• ther is negatively charged

Wh What does es a charged ed mo molec ecule e look like? e?

• Like charges repel; opposite charges ______
• Towards which end will this molecule migrate or

move?

This is a charged molecule. What is its charge?

Mo Moveme ment based on

• n size
• Smaller molecules move

through the gel more quicker and travel farther.

• Larger fragments move

slower and won’t travel as far from the starting point (the well).

• As a result, the molecules

are separated by size.

• In this gel below, which

color:

• Travelled the farthest (from

the well?)

• Is the biggest molecule?

Wells

_ +

Le Let’s Predict t – Dy Dye Cards

Looking at dye cards, predict…

• Which way (-) or (+) the molecules will travel?
• Which will travel farthest in each direction?
• Give reason or why for each molecule
• Write on your pre-lab, page 3

Whole class, put t your heads togeth ther and predict… t…

• 1. Which end will each molecule

move towards (+) or (-)?

• 2. How far from the well? Relative to

each other?

Lo Load ading g a a wel ell on a a gel el

Micropipettor – a review…

Ho How w to load a gel Pr Practice pipetting colored dye into wells

• 1. Use a P20 micropipette.
• 2. Set micropipette to 15µL.
• 3. Push the plunger to the first stop

and keep it there before lowering the tip into the dye.

• 4. Slowly release the plunger to

draw up 15µL of dye.

• 5. Put your elbows on the lab bench

and steady the pipette over the well. Use your second hand to support your pipetting hand or arm.

Ho How w to load a gel Pr Practice pipetting colored dye into wells

• 6. Lower the tip of the pipette under the surface of the buffer

directly over the well. Avoid puncturing the bottom of the gel.

• 7. Gently depress the plunger to the first stop only to slowly

expel the loading dye into the well. If the tip of the micropipette is centered over the well, the dye will sink to the bottom of the well.

• 8. Keep the pipette plunger depressed until the pipet tip is out
• f the gel box. This prevents the dye from returning into the

tip!

Lo Load ad Food dye e on gel el

While gel is running, answer questions on: Page 4 Page 6

Sk Skittles Dye Extraction Lo Load ad on gel el

• Follow the directions on page 8
• Ask for help if needed
• Load gel with Skittles colors, share

with students across bench

• Finish questions on page 7 and page 8
• When done, clean up!