Crucial Concentration

Students investigate the protein content of sports drinks in the context of "truth in advertising".

This module exposes students to colorimetric assays, including the use of spectrophotometers and micropipettes. Math skills, including graphing and linear relationships between variables, are important in analyzing the data. Language arts are incorporated by having students prepare letters (to the Agency that "hired" them) describing the procedure used and the results they obtained.

This module was designed by the BUSM-CityLab group; for a copy of the curricilium guide for this module contact BUSM-CityLab or the BSC-CityLab office.

Pipetting 101

This activity introduces students to the micropipettes that are standard equipment in any biotech lab. It is usually done as a preliminary activity to the Crucial Concentration module.

The curriculum materials for Pipetting 101 are available as a pdf file.

Both of these activities have been modified by the BSC-CityLab team from the original BUSM-CityLab modules.