We receive numerous requests from high school Biotechnology teachers for ideas on how to teach Biotechnology. As a high school Biology teacher we know you are concerned with developing materials related to Biotechnology and the impact of Biology on our lives. We would like to use this page in the Bio-Link Clearinghouse as a platform for sharing materials among high school biology teachers. We intend this to be a survey of the large variety of curriculum material that is currently used in different programs at the high school level.

Check out the materials that we've collected below. We would like to include the material you use in your Biotechnology courses. Material can include a copy of the syllabus, a course outline or a list of topics or resources used in teaching. Teachers who are developing a Biotech curriculum or trying to decide which topics to include in a Biotech course have indicated this would be useful to them. We here at Bio-Link will get an indication of the directions that Biotechnology Education is going at the high school level. Your response will be a valuable resource.

The materials that you submit will be put in an electronic format and posted on the "Curriculum Materials" page of the Bio-Link Clearinghouse. The documents will be attributed to you with your name and school name. You maintain control over your material and should you decide that you no longer wish to participate you may withdraw the material from the site. Access to the Bio-Link Clearinghouse is only available to Bio-Link subscribers, so your information is not openly posted on the Internet.

Overview
Questions and answers related to starting up a new biotechnology program, called "Experiences at Madison Area Technical College," are compiled by Dr. Joy McMillan, Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin. (Although this case study focuses on starting a program at a community college, it can help build the foundation of a program at the High School level.)
http://www.bio-link.org/docs/JoyMc.doc
http://matcmadison.edu/biotech/

Curriculum
Biotechnology with Ms. Bender (2000/01) - Verona High School, Verona WI
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/VHS1.doc

Pat Ryan's Biotech Lab Curriculum - Madisonville-North Hopkins High School, Madisonville, KY
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/PatsCurriculum.doc

Peggy Maher's Intro to Biotechnology - Austin Community College
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/pmaher.doc

Mrs. Albrecht's Molecular Biology Syllabus - DeForest High School, DeForest, WI
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/DFHS1.doc

Introductory Biotechnology Course - Victor Valley College, Novato, CA
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/DFHS1.doc

High School Biotechnology Programs on the Web
HS Biotechnology Program - Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA
http://schools.lwsd.org/JHS/classes/science/glodowski/index.htm

HS Genetic Engineering Program - Air Academy High School, U. S. Air Force Academy, CO
http://academy.asd20.org/kadets/

HS Biotechnology Program - San Mateo County High School, San Mateo, CA
http://www.skipwagner.net/smbiotech/

HS Biotechnology Program - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
http://www.tjhsst.edu/%7Eflampazz/default.html

HS Biotechnology Program - Thomas Edison High School of Technology, Silver Spring, MD
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/edison/programs/biotechnology.htm

The Biotech Project - The University of Arizona Biotech Project, Tucson, AZ
http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu

BioREACH - Biotechnology Resource for Educational Advancement of Curriculum in High Schools, Tempe, AZ
http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Elangland/index.html

WSU CityLab - Washington State University, Spokane, WA
http://www.spokanecitylab.wsu.edu/?uniq=1844

CellServ - Laboratory kits, Bethesda, MD
http://www.cellservkits.com

Access Excellence - Canada College, Redwood City, CA
http://www.accessexcellence.org/TC/BR/geneconn.html

SF Base - San Francisco Biotechnology Alliance for Science Education, San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/programs/sf_base/

Oregon Biotechnology Foundation - HS Educational Programs, OR
http://www.oregon-bioscience.com

Fralin Biotechnology Center at Virginia Tech - HS and Community College Programs and Resources, Blacksburg, VA
http://www.biotech.vt.edu

Outreach Education Program - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/k12/edmath.asp

City Lab - Biotechnology learning laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Home.aspx?DepartmentID=285

Biotechnology outreach education - Iowa State University, Ames, IA
http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/publications/BOEC/default.html

BioTrek - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/Education/

Genetics Education Center - University of Kansas Medical Center, Lawrence, KS
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/

Biotech Outreach Center - Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium, San Francisco, CA
http://www.babec.org