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Equipment Lending Library

Equipment Lending Library

Thanks to the generous support of the Cornell University Biotechnology Program, CIBT has over 30 kits and models that have been developed for use in classrooms. Teachers who have participated in our summer institutes and in regional workshops can borrow kits FREE of CHARGE! The kits are shipped from our Ithaca location to the school and back. Local teachers are encouraged to contact us for pickup before or after school.

  • Only active CIBT alumni may request kits via the new on-line system. Active alumni are alumni that have participated in a CIBT workshop or Return to Campus event within the last three years.
  • All kits must be reserved two weeks in advance of when you will need them.
  • You need to have specific training to borrow the DNA Electrophoresis, Protein Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, and Wolbachia kits. We offer workshops for equipment training several times a year.
  • You can still reserve multiple kits, but each individual kit must be reserved separately.
  • You are taking responsibility for the contents of the kits. Failure to return to the kit in good condition, late or without a survey may result in loss of privileges.
  • You must fill out the survey and content lists included with the kits.

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Metric Measurement

This fun kit guides students in making metric measurements of human hands and feet, then comparing their own hands to orangutan hands- some of the most amazing hands in the animal kingdom. The similarities they find will surprise them!

An articulated model of an orangutan hand is included in the kit, which will surely entice even the most reluctant of learners. In the process of the lab, evolutionary relationships as well as issues of orangutan conservation will come into light.

The kit contains:

  • 1 articulated orangutan hand
  • 3 articulated human hands
  • 3 articulated human feet
  • 1 human arm
  • 12 yellow metric rulers
  • 12 blue laminated foot guides
  • 12 green laminated hand guides
  • 12 laminated orangutan disarticulated/handprints
  • 12 laminated disarticulated human hands
  • Laminated pieces of colored paper of different lengths (12 of each color: black, yellow, green, dark green, blue, and red)
  • Lab Notebook and CD containing Microsoft Word version of lab

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