Kit Loan Program
SEP teachers (those who have participated in the SEP Summer Session Professional Development) have access to the Kit Loan Program developed and maintained by Science Education Partnership (SEP). Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and other funders provide these kits to teachers, free of cost. Unfortunately, at this time the Kit Loan Program cannot support those who have not completed the 3 week professional development program.
Over 15,000 students use SEP kits and supplies annually in their science classes. Because many students use several different kits during the course of a school year there are approximately 35,000 student-uses annually.
If you are an SEP teacher and want to order a kit scroll down to the Kit Ordering tab below or go to the specific kit page under Kit Descriptions. Info on all the kits can also be found in the SEP Kit List document.
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Kit Descriptions
The following kits offer SEP teachers the opportunity to share hands-on laboratory experiences with students in their classrooms, giving students a unique chance to engage in an authentic, problem-solving approach to science using the same tools and concepts utilized by researchers.
Kits contain the equipment and supplies necessary for experiments in DNA gel electrophoresis, bacterial transformation, fruit fly genetics, column chromatography, ELISA, DNA extraction and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Many different model-based kits are also available.
SEP staff are available during school hours to provide advice and technical support for kit use. In addition, scientists from Fred Hutch and the community donate scientific equipment and consumables to SEP, which are then made available to teachers.
Gel Electrophoresis Kit
This kit supports a series of labs for learning the principles and applications of electrophoresis as a research and diagnostic tool, and contains everything needed for students to perform gel electrophoresis to separate molecules based on size, charge, and shape.
MiniOne Gel Kit
This kit supports a series of labs for learning the principles and applications of electrophoresis as a research and diagnostic tool, and contains everything needed for students to perform gel electrophoresis to separate molecules based on size, charge, and shape using the MiniOne All in One Gel Electrophoresis system.
ELISA Kit
This kit can be used to simulate detection of different viral biomarkers or antibodies using an ELISA assay. The kit also contains models for understanding antibody structure and diversity.
Transformation Kit
This kit contains everything you need for students to transform E. coli with one of our two plasmids, pBLU or pFLO.
PCR Kit
This kit contains the PCR machines and reagents necessary to run a polymerase chain reaction.
Micropipette Kit
This kit contains micropipettes of various sizes. Students become proficient measuring and working with very small metric volumes, an essential skill in research laboratories.
DNA Extraction Kit
This kit contains a wide assortment of reagents and equipment needed for students to create their own procedure that extracts and visualizes strawberry DNA.
Model Kits
SEP has adapted lessons and teaching tools developed by our colleagues at the Center for Biomolecular Modeling (CBM). These kits cover topics from DNA, serial dilutions, amino acids, and protein folding.
Curriculum-based Kits
The Curriculum-Based Kits are made to support specific units and lessons developed by SEP. These kits do not contain any molecular biology equipment or reagents, but they do include modeling materials and lesson supports.
Do-It-Yourself Kits
These kits support assorted lessons and protocols with no explicit SEP-designed lab activities including Private Eye and Fly Genetics.
Kit Loan Details
Information on the kits that SEP teachers (those that have participated in the SEP Summer Session Professional Development) can borrow. These are the full kits with the equipment, consumables, and reagents for a classroom of students. Each lab for a kit is designed for 1-5 classes of 32 students.
This is the current protocol for picking up and dropping off our kits, if the COVID-19 pandemic shifts and Fred Hutch begins restricting visitor access on campus again we will move back to the protocol described in the Remote Learning Teacher Pack section below.
SEP teachers can use the SEP Kit Loan Program Training Website to refresh their knowledge on the kits and kit sign-up.
Please collect student feedback on labs and lessons via the QR code and short link found here: Student Feedback Shareable Link
Related Pages
SEP Curriculum
Our free, open-source lessons and units are geared towards high school biotech and biology teachers and focus on giving students opportunities to explore biotechnology and the social dimensions of research science.
SEP Teacher Sharing
We have set up a Google folder for teachers to share resources.
- The Google folder contains a several subfolders on SEP kit-related topics shared by SEP teachers. There is also a subfolder on CRISPR resources, videos, and lessons.
- Create new folders to add other resources you'd like to share but model the general structure in the CRISPR folder (for example, articles and videos are probably easiest to share in a hyperlinked document and SEP Teacher Lessons in their own folder).
- Indicate your name on any lessons that you have developed.