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  • Gilda Nappo MTF Full Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Green Explorers: Inquiry and Action for Environmental Stewardship

    Gilda Nappo MTF Full Cover

    This project, developed by ABE Italy Master Teacher Fellow Gilda Nappo, covers climate change, specifically the implications of various kinds of pollution. Read more

    Class Sessions
    10–20
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Master Teacher Fellowship project cover for Amy Chen of ABE Australia
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Biotechnology Use in the Real World

    Master Teacher Fellowship project cover for Amy Chen of ABE Australia

    In this project, developed by ABE Australia Master Teacher Fellow Amy Chen, students become familiar with the many ways that biotechnology is in the world around us, and how it impacts our lives, and… Read more

    Class Sessions
    18
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • cover of pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Who Decides? The Ethics of Organ Transplantation

    cover of pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students learn about the process adopted in various areas of the world to decide who receives available organs. This content gives students the opportunity to explore how these… Read more

    Class Sessions
    3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Introductory

  • ""
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Thalassemia

    ""

    In this lesson, students deepen their understanding of the relationship between scientific research in modern biology and medicine by studying the genetic basis of thalassemia, a form of hereditary… Read more

    Class Sessions
    15
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • ""
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Why Is Scientific Research Regulated?

    ""

    This lesson covers scientific regulation and an overview of bioethics, as well as nuclear energy, gene editing, and a number of other hot-button issues that students will definitely have heard about… Read more

    Class Sessions
    10
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Johnson MTF curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Stage 6 Science: Investigating Science

    Johnson MTF curriculum cover

    In this lesson, students explore ethical and social perspectives, model X-ray crystallography, and explore the science through LabXchange to assess the impacts these technologies and scientific… Read more

    Class Sessions
    25
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Image of first page of the pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Designing Babies with CRISPR

    Image of first page of the pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students read and analyze an article exploring the process of genetic modification and the implications it can have on society. Students explore the ethics of editing embryos… Read more

    Class Sessions
    2–3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Foundations of Biotech Cover Image
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    Foundations of Biotech

    Foundations of Biotech Cover Image

    The Foundations of Biotech labs were created to introduce students to biotech techniques and concepts; in these labs, students explore recombinant DNA technology. Sequences of these labs were… Read more

    Class Sessions
    4–20
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Foundations of Biotech Cover Image
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    Foundations of Biotech

    Foundations of Biotech Cover Image

    The Foundations of Biotech labs were created to introduce students to biotech techniques and concepts; in these labs, students explore recombinant DNA technology. Sequences of these labs were… Read more

    Class Sessions
    4–20
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Gilda Nappo MTF Full Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Green Explorers: Inquiry and Action for Environmental Stewardship

    Gilda Nappo MTF Full Cover

    This project, developed by ABE Italy Master Teacher Fellow Gilda Nappo, covers climate change, specifically the implications of various kinds of pollution. Read more

    Class Sessions
    10–20
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Master Teacher Fellowship project cover for Amy Chen of ABE Australia
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Biotechnology Use in the Real World

    Master Teacher Fellowship project cover for Amy Chen of ABE Australia

    In this project, developed by ABE Australia Master Teacher Fellow Amy Chen, students become familiar with the many ways that biotechnology is in the world around us, and how it impacts our lives, and… Read more

    Class Sessions
    18
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • cover of pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Who Decides? The Ethics of Organ Transplantation

    cover of pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students learn about the process adopted in various areas of the world to decide who receives available organs. This content gives students the opportunity to explore how these… Read more

    Class Sessions
    3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Introductory

  • ""
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Thalassemia

    ""

    In this lesson, students deepen their understanding of the relationship between scientific research in modern biology and medicine by studying the genetic basis of thalassemia, a form of hereditary… Read more

    Class Sessions
    15
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • ""
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Why Is Scientific Research Regulated?

    ""

    This lesson covers scientific regulation and an overview of bioethics, as well as nuclear energy, gene editing, and a number of other hot-button issues that students will definitely have heard about… Read more

    Class Sessions
    10
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Johnson MTF curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Stage 6 Science: Investigating Science

    Johnson MTF curriculum cover

    In this lesson, students explore ethical and social perspectives, model X-ray crystallography, and explore the science through LabXchange to assess the impacts these technologies and scientific… Read more

    Class Sessions
    25
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Image of first page of the pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Designing Babies with CRISPR

    Image of first page of the pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students read and analyze an article exploring the process of genetic modification and the implications it can have on society. Students explore the ethics of editing embryos… Read more

    Class Sessions
    2–3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Clinical Trials Curriculum Cover Image
    Resource (Classroom-based)

    Clinical Trials: From Disease to Medicine

    Clinical Trials Curriculum Cover Image

    In the From Disease to Medicine module, students learn about the purpose and structure of clinical research by exploring the various phases of a clinical trial. Students investigate the… Read more

    Class Sessions
    8-10
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Resource (Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Changing Organ Donation with Biotechnology

    In this pocket lesson, students explore the need for innovative solutions to the shortage of transplantable organs and how gene editing technologies might offer a potential solution. Read more

    Class Sessions
    2-3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Is It Ethical? Image of DNA strand
    Resource (Web-based)

    Bioethics of Gene Editing

    Is It Ethical? Image of DNA strand

    Lyme disease is a pervasive problem in the United States. Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, is trying to use gene editing to disrupt the cycle of transmission. In this module, students learn about… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Doctors in surgery
    Blog Post

    Ethical Questions Around Transplanted Organ Distribution

    Doctors in surgery

    Worldwide, over 100,000 people receive life-saving organ transplants every year. Unfortunately, many people still die while awaiting transplant. In the United States, 17 people awaiting transplant… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Personal Reflections on a Professional Learning Course

    It’s not often that one finishes a professional learning course fully satisfied, with the awareness of having spent one’s time well. Today that happened. The course “The new frontiers of… Read more

  • Krystal Tsosie
    Blog Post

    Creating Community-Driven Genomic Data for Native Peoples

    Krystal Tsosie

    While pursuing a PhD in cancer biology, Krystal Tsosie had a stark realization: that the therapeutics she might ultimately develop may not in the end benefit her community, the Navajo Nation.… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Breaking Historic Cycles of Mistrust in Medicine

    The COVID-19 pandemic has given us new awareness of a variety of social and health factors that make certain groups more vulnerable to disease and more responsive to treatments. Differences such as… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Considering the Ethics of Editing Genes (Part 2)

    In Part 1 of this series, we explored the ethics of gene editing in the context of editing plant and animal genomes for agricultural purposes. In this part, we explore two more controversial uses… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Considering the Ethics of Editing Genes (Part 1)

    In this first part of a two-part blog series, we explore the history and ethics of editing plant and animal genes in the context of agriculture and offer suggestions for incorporating the ethics of… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Bioinformatics Resources from ABE

    Technology has brought about some radical changes in the ways in which science is practiced. What first seemed nearly impossible—sequencing the entire human genome—is now a reality, and what first… Read more

  • cover of pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Who Decides? The Ethics of Organ Transplantation

    cover of pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students learn about the process adopted in various areas of the world to decide who receives available organs. This content gives students the opportunity to explore how these… Read more

    Class Sessions
    3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Introductory

  • Image of first page of the pocket lesson
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Designing Babies with CRISPR

    Image of first page of the pocket lesson

    In this pocket lesson, students read and analyze an article exploring the process of genetic modification and the implications it can have on society. Students explore the ethics of editing embryos… Read more

    Class Sessions
    2–3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Resource (Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson)

    Changing Organ Donation with Biotechnology

    In this pocket lesson, students explore the need for innovative solutions to the shortage of transplantable organs and how gene editing technologies might offer a potential solution. Read more

    Class Sessions
    2-3
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

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