Skill-Building

The following videos provide how-to demonstrations for skills used in the PARE modules and background to provide context.


How to Upload Data


Skill-Builder Labs

Build skills for the research modules

This series of activities will help to prepare students to achieve more robust results with the authentic research modules. The activities include:

  1. How to use a micropipette and laboratory balance
  2. How to visualize sedimentation
  3. How to perform serial dilutions
  4. How to follow aseptic technique and perform plate spreading
  5. Determining the concentration of E. coli from a liquid culture
    • Serial dilution
    • Plate spreading
    • Colony counting
    • CFU calculations
  6. How to pour and load gels


Download PARE Skill-Building Activities Document

Molecular Case Study

Data Analysis Case Study