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HIGH SCHOOL BIOTECHNOLOGY TEACHING IDEAS
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This page is intended to be an exchange of ideas to teach Biotechnology at the High School level. The activities listed below were developed, tested and submitted by teachers of Biotechnology. We encourage you to take a look at what we have collected so far and send in your favorite teaching ideas; we'll help you to share them with other educators.

Construction of a "Sterile Hood"New Item
By Sue Molter from
Mount Horeb High School
Curriculum Ideas for Teaching Sterile Technique
Safe LabNew Item
By Sue Molter from
Mount Horeb High School
and Bill Bockenhauer from
Baraboo High School
Pupose: To safely culture a "mystery" microbe using sterile technique.
Sentence Splitting: DNA Fingerprinting
By David Millis
Edgewood-Colesburg High School
This is a classroom activity that utilizes genetic traits to demonstrate a "fingerprint" on paper that is genetically unique.
Yeast Crossing
By John Anderson
Pittsville High School
This is a hands on laboratory using 2 yeast strains to show genetic crossing.
What is right? What is not?
By John Anderson
Pittsville High School
This is a bioethics activity. Included are 5 scenarios relevant to Biotechnology that can be discussed in the classroom.
Pick Your Produce
By Diana Brandner
Madison Area Technical College
A role-playing classroom activity about Food Labeling and Detection of Genetically Modified Foods.

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