Clinical Trials: From Disease to Medicine
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 timeline of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, taking on the role of researchers who are developing a promising new H1N1 vaccine. Throughout the module, students engage in different hands-on activities.
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
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
Who Decides? The Ethics of Organ Transplantation
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Pocket Lesson
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Biotech & Society, Race & Genetics, Bioethics
Education Levels: Upper Secondary, Introductory
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
You Becoming You
In this module, students are introduced to the concept of genes (genotypes), which code for the traits expressed by organisms (phenotypes); make an inventory of some of their own genetic traits,… Read more
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Society
Education Levels: Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Introductory