This summer Assistant Professor of Biology Shantá Hinton organized an outreach program entitled Open Lab that brought students of all ages into the world of DNA extraction. Young children and their ...

Challenge students to design their own experimental protocol to extract DNA from strawberries. By developing their own protocol and presenting their findings in a lab meeting, students learn the ...

On June 28, students from More Than Pink and Boys of Tomorrow came to the Hormel Institute to learn about different STEM fields. A group of students gathers to watch a liquid nitrogen experiment led ...

Try out this experiment and tell us what you think in the comments section below. <B> Major concepts</B> Cells are the basic unit of life and make up all plants, animals and bacteria. Deoxyribonucleic ...

Summer vacation is a time for fun and play, but can also be a time for learning. Parents have the added benefit of teaching their children outside a classroom environment, taking the pressure off kids ...