Explore biology and biotechnology curricula and resources developed by ABE Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs).
Gene Regulation of the Red Fluorescent Protein in the PARA-R Plasmid
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Web-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Biotech & Society
Education Levels: Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Author: Anthony Fernandes, ABE Greater Los Angeles Area
Protein Factory Game
This board game teaches students the fundamentals of transcription and translation. | These materials were developed by an ABE Master Teacher as part of the ABE Master Teacher Fellowship. Read more
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Classroom-based, Web-based
Topic(s): Lab Techniques, Gene Expression
Education Levels: Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Author: Indeborg Van der Neut, ABE The Netherlands
ABE for Lower Secondary School
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Lab-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Lab Techniques, Gel Electrophoresis, Pipetting
Education Levels: Lower Secondary
Author: Susan Senior, ABE Australia
Quality Control Testing of Purified RFP
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
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Lab-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Precision Medicine
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
Author: Sydney Johnson, ABE San Francisco Bay Area
Genetic Technologies Overview
This lesson provides an introduction to eight current topics in biotechnology, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA "fingerprinting," and genetic sequencing. The scientific… Read more
Type(s): Teaching Materials, Web-based
Topic(s): Biotech & Medicine, Human Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech & Society, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Lab Techniques, Cloning, CRISPR, Gene Editing, Gene Sequencing, Transformation
Education Levels: Upper Secondary
Author: Teresa Harris, ABE Australia
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
Author: Wendy Wooten, ABE Greater Los Angeles Area
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
Author: Salvatore Stira, ABE Italy