“Better understanding of how microarrays work. Hands-on is always better”

“Helps explain the use in a simple manner and extends a more complex means to study proteins.”

“Explanation of something I didn’t know about before and a practical example to use in the classroom.”

“Clear color analysis allows you to see intensity, mix, or no color”

“a practical example to use in the classroom”

“Useful – would like to do this one in class”

“Visual activity [that] shows gene expression of normal and cancerous cells. Colours made it easy to understand.”

“Hands on – understood [microarrays] better after the lab activity”

“simulates the real thing”

“Very easy – I will use [this in my classroom]”

“The color changes were a good ‘oooh!’ factor. I thought it was all useful”

“Quick and easy!” “Easy to do and understand.”

"I enjoyed doing this because, although we did a much simplified version, we were doing an experiment that real scientists use to learn more about a disease."

"It made it easier to understand how microarrays work and it was interesting. Also, we didn't have to wait very long for results."

"It was very interesting using the cDNA and being able to understand everything that was happening at a molecular level.“

"I liked the outcome where we could compare the amount of gene expression in different cells!"

"I enjoyed actually understanding this lab."

"Feeling like a scientist and seeing what a microarray is. The color part was also very cool. Easy to understand."

"Seeing that different genes are working when you have cancer and when you don't"

"I liked how clear the results were."