Table 1.

Student learning goals

Broad learning goals

1. Students will understand how scientists ask questions.

2. Students will be able to select and/or design quality reagents for experiments.

3. Students will understand the importance of each step of a reaction or experiment.

4. Students will be able to use bioinformatics tools to gather information to aid in experimental design.

Specific learning goals

1. Students will be able to draw each step of PCR accurately and label the temperature of each step, the directionality of the primers, the proper intermediate products, and the final products.

2. Students will understand how to design quality PCR primers using bioinformatics databases.