The New York Times came out with an article 'CRISPR in the Classroom', which is of course paywalled, but there's a tone of resources already available online that describe and help teachers and students do their own gene modification experiments. This seems to me to be a good starting point, including access to open educational resources (OER). There are also CRISPR materials for sale, for example, this kit from Lab-Aids, hands-on labs from MiniPCR, CRISPR-in-a-Box from Rockland, and resources from CRISPR Classroom. Chris Anderson writes, "Transcription, translation, and protein synthesis can all be taught with a gel electrophoresis kit, which you can also make by yourself relatively cheaply (Instructables is your friend!). The Exploratorium of San Francisco has a good activity with different food dyes that model how different genes move from the gel matrix."
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