Designing Babies with CRISPR
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 with CRISPR technology
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Race & Genetics
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
Stage 6 Science: Investigating Science
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Society, Bioethics
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
Synthetic Biology
In this lesson, students learn research and learn the underlying concepts of Synthetic Biology, learn how to apply engineering design process to create systems of devices composed of parts of DNA,… Read more
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Society, Data Science, Lab Techniques
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Biotech & Society, Bioethics, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Lab Techniques, Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, Pipetting, Restriction Enzyme
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
The Genes of the Regenerating Tail
In this project, students, acting as young explorers and researchers, step into a virtual world and help young Gregory in his search for one specific gene that might play a role in tail regeneration… Read more
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Environment, Gene Editing, Gene Sequencing, PCR, Pipetting
Education Levels: Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Immunology, Vaccines
Education Levels: Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Introductory
What Can We Learn from Extreme Phenotypes?
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
Type(s): Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR
Education Levels: Upper Secondary, Advanced
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Biotech & Society, Bioethics
Education Levels: Upper Secondary