Paternity+Test+BioKit

For more information contact: Carrie Bidwell Clay High School cbidwell@sbcsc.k12.in.us [|Blood Type Online Game]
 * Paternity Test BioKit**
 * **#70-0130**
 * Cost $96.00

Participant Feedback (put your name - comment) Name - Comment

Kasi- Good for all grade levels. Trays need to be labled for clarity and the stir rods are not necessary. The Rh factor takes time to coagulate.

George - This is an intersting lab! The only issue we found was the clumping took a little while. The lab is simple and easy to understand.

Emily- This was a good lab to show the connection between paternity and blood types. It also teaches proper blood typing procedure to produce correct results. The lab was easily set-up and also a quick clean up. The instructions are very user-friendly.

Carrie - I really enjoyed this lab. It was a high interest topic and the lab worked very well.

Ken- Recommendations include to separate trays into sets of 10 and 5 compartments, label compartments and find a way to get multiple dropper bottles of sera. Otherwise, it's a pretty good little lab.

Alicia- Making sure the students follow the directions is important so that they get the right results. I would have to add a waiting time activity to keep them on task.

Keith - This is a good lab - the instructions are clear. One might be able to organize the students to help set up the trays cafeteria style, to avoid a mob-scene at the demonstration desk.

Christine- A great way to present the ABO and Rh factor in the lab, as opposed to simply looking for agglutination, it is great to have the kids do some problem solving so that they can see the real life application (although, as Carrie suggested, going further in discussion with the class about what other procedures and analyses are done for paternity testing is a great idea). I liked the deep trays for the testing; this helped a lot in preventing the spilling and contaminating common with more shallow trays. The Rh was a bit slow, but perhaps this time could be utilized for discussion while the students are waiting (i.e. breaking to discuss which potential fathers we can rule out). I would purchase extra serums so that the students don't crowd the supply desk. Probably can be done with out the stir rods.

Louann - Easy with good results.

Heather - Good lab - you could have students draw a picture of their wells to help save the trays from being written on or damaged, but I think labeling samples would be essential for good student results - they forget what went where pretty easily.

Kathy - This is a good kit, but the Rh takes awhile to develop.

Salima- Great problem solving lab. Very simple and good lab to introduce blood type. I liked the animation. Great way to tie to real world application.

Deb- I'm sorry I missed this one. It sounds great!