Genetic Engineering and Gene-Editing Lab

Students design a CRISPR guide, model DNA repair, build and check a plasmid on a gel, and analyze transformation data.

Grades 11–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.

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Screenshot of Genetic Engineering and Gene-Editing Lab

Grade level

Grades 11–12: Conceptual biotechnology models using real base-pairing, codon and fragment-size rules

What students practice

CRISPR guide RNA and PAM sites, DNA repair by NHEJ and HDR, frameshift mutations, restriction enzymes and sticky ends, gel electrophoresis standard curves, transformation efficiency

Standards

NGSS: HS-ETS1-3 · HS-LS1-1 · HS-LS3-1 · HS-LS3-2

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.