Kemtec™ Plant Cancer Kit

Description

• Students safely explore aspects of cancerous cell growth with this self-contained kit
• A fresh carrot is required but not provided
• Experiments enable students to visualize the differences between normal cells and cancerous cells, describe similarities and differences between animal and plant cancers, identify cancer cells, identify a plant cancer or gall, and research current theories on the causes of cancer
• Students grow their own sunflower plants; then induce crown gall by inoculating plant tissue with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (reply card item ships upon request and only in Continental US) which is required for inducing the cancerous growth
• Students then do a Koch’s Postulates Experiment: Inducing Cancer in Carrot Tissue
• Allow 3 to 4 weeks if growing plants prior to innoculation and 3 to 4 weeks for tumor growth
• Experiment requires approximately one hour of lab time
• Designed for 24 students
• Recommended in conjunction with Koch's Postulate Experiment so as to use the same Agrobacterium tumefaciens culture or sub-culturing for later use
• Kit requires a free USDA permit for handling Agrobacterium tumefaciens to be obtained before the organism can be shipped
• Meets National Standards for Grade Levels 9 to 14