Biotechnology

I. General Overview

• Biotechnology - Overview and History
• Evolution of Biotechnology
• Future of Biotechnology

II. Background Information

• Basic Biotechnology for Beginning Teachers
• Overview of DNA Manipulation
  • Growth Regulation of Cells

III. Laboratory Activities

• Isolation of DNA from Onion
• The Spread of AIDS
• Separation of a Starch-Glucose Mixture Using Gel Filtration
• The Cookbook Translator
• Phenotypic and Genotypic Changes in Bacteria
• Rainbow Electrophoresis
• Using Yeast as an Ultraviolet Light Measurement Tool
• Karyotype Alternatives
• Cloning of Plasmid and Spinach DNA
• The Cloning of Plasmid and Spinach DNA
• Chick Embryology
• Culturing Plants from Embryonic Plant Tissue
• Protoplast Production
• Comparison of Four-, Six-, and Eight-bp Cuts in Calf Thymus DNA
• Demonstrating an Epidemic
• Cell Transformation in Tobacco Leaf Disks
• Active Ingredient Screening Test for Plants
• Ecological Bioassay of Copper Sulfate in Daphnia Magna

IV. Computer Applications

• Biotechnology Topics: A Selected List of Related Laserdisc Frame Numbers

V. Classroom Activities

• Who Done It?
• Creative Ways to Teach Evolutionary Concepts
• Creative Expressions -- Protein Synthesis
• Genetic Control of Pattern Formation
• Molecular Biology of Cancer
• Cracking the Code/Cloning Paper Plasmid
• Teaching Biotechnology by Analogies and Models
• Enzyme Function Analogies
• "Biotechnology" Recipe Analogies
• Electrophoresis Analogy
• Gene/Chromosome - Gene/DNA Relationship Analogies
• Serial Dilutions Made Easy
• Creating New Forms of Life
• Desktop Electrophoresis Lab: Moving Molecules
• Teaching Biotechnology with Models
• Mutations--Preexisting or Acquired?
• Amazon Adventure
• Recombinant DNA to Protect Crops
• Construction of a Hemoglobin Gene

VI. Other Teacher Presentations at the Institute

• Green Jeans Horticulture

VII. Appendices

• Biotechnology: Safety in the Classroom
• Some Biotechnology Safety Precautions
• Student Safety Checklist
• Spreading a Yeast or Bacterial Lawn
• Streaking for Isolation
• Surface Sterilization of Biological Materials
• Materials Catalogs
• Reference Guide
• Biotechnology Bibliography

Woodrow Wilson Index

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