Another educational and fun CAGIS event for Lara and me today at Humber Bay Park. Neil took the boys for a bike ride, while Lara and I learned about microplastic and plastic pollution – the demo included yellow sprinkles for pesticides and chocolate sprinkles for droppings that Lara got to sprinkle to demonstrate how far […]
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CAGIS – Science GENEius
Today’s CAGIS event was done by GENEius was more fun with DNA. The girls got to extract their own DNA and DNA from strawberries; and they got to practice their pipetting technique by making some art. We hooked up with Raquel and Arielle for this session – loads of fun as both Raquel and I were […]
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Mating Yeast
Feb 17th was a PA Day and CAGIS held an event where siblings, even boys, could attend. Unfortunately, Felix didn’t meet the minimum age, so only Nolan and Lara went. It was held at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the U of T. There was a talk about fluorescence and model, then the […]
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Who did it?
Bank robbery. DNA material collected from the crime scene. Two suspects. Who did it? Lara learned about DNA Profiling and Gel Electrophoresis today through the Canadian Association for Girls in Science (cagis.ca) Prepping the micropipette: Obtain DNA from Suspect 1: Place DNA into gel electrophoresis: Obtain DNA from Suspect 2 and place in gel electrophoresis. […]