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  • 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

  • Fernandes Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Gene Regulation of the Red Fluorescent Protein in the PARA-R Plasmid

    Fernandes Cover

    This lesson introduces students to the concept of gene regulation, and several related topics. It covers several types of operons, including the regulation mechanism involved in Foundations of… Read more

    Class Sessions
    11
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary

  • Curriculum Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    ABE for Lower Secondary School

    Curriculum Cover

    This lesson is a series of lower-secondary school activities modeled after the ABE Foundations of Biotech lab series. In it, younger students can explore some of the tools and techniques of… Read more

    Class Sessions
    6–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    Quality Control Testing of Purified RFP

    Curriculum cover

    In this series of hands-on activities, students perform quality-control tests on the red fluorescent protein, which they created and isolated during the ABE Foundations of Biotech labs, and learn to… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Genetic Technologies Overview

    Curriculum cover

    This lesson provides an introduction to eight current topics in biotechnology, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA "fingerprinting," and genetic sequencing. The scientific principles… Read more

    Class Sessions
    11
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • yeast module cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Lab-based)

    Exploring Tools of the Biotechnology Lab: Yeast – The Living Tool

    yeast module cover

    Because the cellular processes of yeast are relatively easy to manipulate, it has been extensively used as a model organism in biotechnology research. Like human cells, yeast cells have a nucleus… Read more

    Class Sessions
    4
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • ""
    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)

    Innovative Cancer Treatments

    ""

    This lesson aims to engage and deepen students’ experiences and expertise in the field of “Cancer Cells” and “Innovative Therapies for recurring or difficult-to-treat cancers,” and in particular… Read more

    Class Sessions

    15–20

    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

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Is It in Our Genes? Race and Health

    In this companion to the ABE Exploring Precision Medicine module, students explore and compare the concepts of race and genetics, and the social and medical impact these categories may have on… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Viral Variants

    This project addresses several key issues related to microorganisms, and places students in the role of CDC investigators who are studying the origins of a virus resistant to treatment. In addition,… Read more

    Class Sessions
    8–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Introductory

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    The Good, the Bad, and the Complex Part 1: The Good—Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Students investigate some of the claims companies make about probiotics and learn several key techniques in biotechnology (including aseptic technique, spreading, pipetting, sterilization using a… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5+
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • What Can DNA Tell Us About Race? Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    What Can DNA Tell Us About Race?

    What Can DNA Tell Us About Race? Cover

    This project examines issues of race and racism using a variety of scientific lenses, and debunks many widely held misconceptions. Students use a variety of techniques to look at misconceptions,… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Image of a spilled drink
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Saving a Life

    Image of a spilled drink

    A man drinks an unknown liquid and soon is found unresponsive in an emergency room. Students use bioinformatics tools to investigate what substance caused such a life-threatening response. Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Responding to a Mystery Illness

    This resource is based on real events, though the timeline and details may have been changed to allow it to be used for educational purposes. As part of an imaginary WHO team, students help determine… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • 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

  • Resource (Lab-based)

    Exploring Precision Medicine: ARCHIVED

    The Exploring Precision Medicine module explores the connections between genes and traits. Students learn how slight genetic differences can impact how well a patient responds to certain… Read more

    Class Sessions

    8–12

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • Curriculum Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    ABE for Lower Secondary School

    Curriculum Cover

    This lesson is a series of lower-secondary school activities modeled after the ABE Foundations of Biotech lab series. In it, younger students can explore some of the tools and techniques of… Read more

    Class Sessions
    6–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    Quality Control Testing of Purified RFP

    Curriculum cover

    In this series of hands-on activities, students perform quality-control tests on the red fluorescent protein, which they created and isolated during the ABE Foundations of Biotech labs, and learn to… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • yeast module cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Lab-based)

    Exploring Tools of the Biotechnology Lab: Yeast – The Living Tool

    yeast module cover

    Because the cellular processes of yeast are relatively easy to manipulate, it has been extensively used as a model organism in biotechnology research. Like human cells, yeast cells have a nucleus… Read more

    Class Sessions
    4
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    The Good, the Bad, and the Complex Part 1: The Good—Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Students investigate some of the claims companies make about probiotics and learn several key techniques in biotechnology (including aseptic technique, spreading, pipetting, sterilization using a… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5+
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • What Can DNA Tell Us About Race? Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Lab-based)

    What Can DNA Tell Us About Race?

    What Can DNA Tell Us About Race? Cover

    This project examines issues of race and racism using a variety of scientific lenses, and debunks many widely held misconceptions. Students use a variety of techniques to look at misconceptions,… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • 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

  • 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

  • yeast module cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Lab-based)

    Exploring Tools of the Biotechnology Lab: Yeast – The Living Tool

    yeast module cover

    Because the cellular processes of yeast are relatively easy to manipulate, it has been extensively used as a model organism in biotechnology research. Like human cells, yeast cells have a nucleus… Read more

    Class Sessions
    4
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • ""
    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)

    Innovative Cancer Treatments

    ""

    This lesson aims to engage and deepen students’ experiences and expertise in the field of “Cancer Cells” and “Innovative Therapies for recurring or difficult-to-treat cancers,” and in particular… Read more

    Class Sessions

    15–20

    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

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Is It in Our Genes? Race and Health

    In this companion to the ABE Exploring Precision Medicine module, students explore and compare the concepts of race and genetics, and the social and medical impact these categories may have on… Read more

    Class Sessions
    5–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Classroom-based)

    Viral Variants

    This project addresses several key issues related to microorganisms, and places students in the role of CDC investigators who are studying the origins of a virus resistant to treatment. In addition,… Read more

    Class Sessions
    8–10
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Introductory

  • This image was originally posted to Flickr by NHGRI Image Gallery at https://flickr.com/photos/142595545@N03/26453307604
    Resource (Classroom-based)

    What Can We Learn from Extreme Phenotypes?

    This image was originally posted to Flickr by NHGRI Image Gallery at https://flickr.com/photos/142595545@N03/26453307604

    Students learn that genetics is more complex than the simple binary relationship it is often portrayed as having. They explore how extreme phenotypes can be used to inform our understanding of drug… Read more

    Class Sessions
    8-14
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • 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

  • Chasing Cystic Fibrosis Cover Image
    Resource (Classroom-based)

    Chasing Cystic Fibrosis

    Chasing Cystic Fibrosis Cover Image

    Students become engaged in learning about the disease cystic fibrosis (CF): they develop questions that they have about CF, its treatment, and its consequences, and then explore how they can… Read more

    Class Sessions
    8–9
    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

  • Fernandes Cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Gene Regulation of the Red Fluorescent Protein in the PARA-R Plasmid

    Fernandes Cover

    This lesson introduces students to the concept of gene regulation, and several related topics. It covers several types of operons, including the regulation mechanism involved in Foundations of… Read more

    Class Sessions
    11
    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary

  • Curriculum cover
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Genetic Technologies Overview

    Curriculum cover

    This lesson provides an introduction to eight current topics in biotechnology, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA "fingerprinting," and genetic sequencing. The scientific principles… Read more

    Class Sessions
    11
    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary

  • Image of tools used to manage diabetes
    Resource (Web-based)

    Using Bioinformatics to Track Down a Rare Cause of Diabetes

    Image of tools used to manage diabetes

    Many people are aware of the main two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. However, few people know that there are other types of diabetes. One type occurs in pregnant women (gestational diabetes),… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Image of a spilled drink
    Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Saving a Life

    Image of a spilled drink

    A man drinks an unknown liquid and soon is found unresponsive in an emergency room. Students use bioinformatics tools to investigate what substance caused such a life-threatening response. Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Lower Secondary

  • Resource (Teaching Materials, Web-based)

    Responding to a Mystery Illness

    This resource is based on real events, though the timeline and details may have been changed to allow it to be used for educational purposes. As part of an imaginary WHO team, students help determine… Read more

    Appropriate Ages

    Upper Secondary, Advanced

  • ABE Ireland teacher Clare Collins with students Aimee and Caitlin (left to right).
    Blog Post

    A Transformational Lab Training Day in Dublin

    ABE Ireland teacher Clare Collins with students Aimee and Caitlin (left to right).

    Sitting between two of her students on a Zoom call in early December, Clare Collins was beaming with pride. Ready for the winter holiday break, they were also eager to share their experiences about… Read more

  • Various pills
    Blog Post

    Drug Design: Matching a Drug to Its Target

    Various pills

    When we think of medicines, we often picture colorful capsules, pills, or liquids that cure illnesses or help us feel better. But how do these medicines go to the right places and how do they treat… Read more

  • female detective looking at suspicious footprints
    Blog Post

    A Real-World Biotech Detective

    female detective looking at suspicious footprints

    Detective work is not found only in law enforcement. Epidemiologists and data scientists all investigate what happens when a medicine enters the real world, “deciphering” everything from who receives… Read more

  • precision medicine
    Blog Post

    Exploring New Approaches to Precision Medicine

    precision medicine

    Whether navigating the latest information about the health effects of certain foods or the benefits of specific medical treatments, the headlines and literature appear rife with examples of where… Read more

  • Robot in the lab
    Blog Post

    Tackling the “Impossible” in Biotechnology with AI

    Robot in the lab

    Every medicine in your local pharmacy has taken its own unique path to the shelf. From discovery and testing to manufacturing, a new tool is rapidly transforming those pathways: artificial… Read more

  • Blog Post

    Tiny Transformations: Harnessing Bacterial Behavior to Cure Disease

    Frederick Griffith’s 1928 experiment on bacterial transformation paved the way for numerous advances in medicine. Griffith was trying to develop a vaccine for pneumonia during which he experimented… Read more

  • Teachers learning about precision medicine
    Blog Post

    Seeing Individual Differences Through a Genomics Lens in the Classroom

    Teachers learning about precision medicine

    A new school year is beginning now in the United States, and for some students, that means they will get exclusive access to a new ABE module, in the making for more than 3 years. The topic?… Read more

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