Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Human Genome Project Overview
Explains the goals of the Human Genome Project. It also explains some of the ethical, legal and social challenges associated with this new technology.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Biotechnoloy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While studying the broad expanse of biotechnology students will hone in on specifics about gene cloning and receive an introduction to polymerase chain reaction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Biotechnology Applications
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do scientists apply biotechnology in human and agricultural research? This module will delve into the applications.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Biotechnology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the social and ethical issues which arise when working in the field of biotechnology.
Georgetown University
Georgetown Univ.: Scope Note 24, Human Gene Therapy
Georgetown University site with a lengthy article on many aspects of gene therapy. Includes background and historical information and numerous resources on the topic. Focus here is on the ethics of these types of therapies.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Molecular Genetics
This interactive learning module allows AP Biology students to explore DNA and molecular genetics. The study also covers the concepts of biotechnology.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Impact of Biotechnology
A tutorial that looks at biotechnology. Be able to define biotechnology as well as give examples by completing this tutorial.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Polluted Air = Polluted Lungs
To gain a better understanding of the roles and functions of components of the human respiratory system and our need for clean air, students construct model lungs that include a diaphragm and chest cavity. They see how air moving in and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Protect Those Eyes
Students design and build prototypes for protective eyewear. They choose different activities or sports that require protective eyewear and design a device for that particular use. Students learn about the many ways in which the eyes can...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: You're the Expert
Student teams learn about and devise technical presentations on four reproductive technology topics pregnancy ultrasound, amniocentesis, in-vitro fertilization or labor anesthetics. Each team acts as a panel of engineers asked to make a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Who Robbed the Bank?
Students use DNA profiling to determine who robbed a bank. After they learn how the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is used to match crime scene DNA with tissue sample DNA, students use CODIS principles and sample DNA fragments...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sensing Your Surroundings
Students learn about the components and functions of biosensors. Using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and sensors, they discover how engineer-designed sensors play important roles in our daily lives, informing people of their surroundings...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Movement Task Using Sensors Humans and Robots
This activity helps students understand the significance of programming and also how the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot's sensors assist its movement and make programming easier. Students compare human senses to robot sensors, describing...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Microbes Know How to Work!
Students design systems that use microbes to break down a water pollutant (in this case, sugar). They explore how temperature affects the rate of pollutant decomposition.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Do Sensors Work?
Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Breathe In, Breathe Out
Learners are introduced to the respiratory system, the lungs and air. They learn about how the lungs and diaphragm work, how air pollution affects lungs and respiratory functions, some widespread respiratory problems, and how engineers...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: My Mechanical Ear Can Hear!
Students are introduced to various types of hearing impairments and the types of biomedical devices that engineers have designed to aid people with this physical disability.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: We've Come a Long Way, Baby!
Students discuss several human reproductive technologies available today--pregnancy ultrasound, amniocentesis, in-vitro fertilization and labor anesthetics. They learn how each technology works, and that these are ways engineers have...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dna: The Human Body Recipe
As a class, students work through an example showing how DNA provides the "recipe" for making our body proteins. They see how the pattern of nucleotide bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) forms the double helix ladder shape of...
Other
Digital World Biology: Blast Tutorial
A series where students see how to submit a nucleotide sequence, compare it to other sequences using blastn, and interpret some of the results.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Robert S. Langer, sc.d.
Biography details the life and work of Robert Langer a talented biotechnologist and entrepreneur who struggled to find backing for his work before breaking new ground in biotechnology and establishing himself as a pioneer.
Other
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biotechnology and Medicine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Informational text and video clips about biotechnology and medicine. After reading the text, review the key vocabulary terms and answer review questions.