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Hello fellow science teachers, I am a high school Biology teacher and my district is starting a brand new full-year Biotechnology course next year. I have been asked to teach it this upcoming school year. I was hoping that some of you may have some resources for a course like this that you wouldnt mind sharing. Things like notes packets/powerpoints or labs/activities would be amazing. In particular, I have been scouring the web for virtual labs/activities, but have not had as much luck as I would have hoped. I have included a picture below of the unit titles for the year, just as additional information. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hi Bill -- Your new course sounds exciting! Thanks for including a list of topics, too, to help us focus on what the students will be learning. A few resources came to mind --

• Learn Genetics from the University of Utah
• Search the TeachEngineering site for some of your topics. For example, I entered Genetic Engineering and found several lessons/activities/investigations.
• The Biointeractive site from HHMI has interesting resources, too. Use the Topics link at the top of the page.

As I think of more, I'll add to the list! --Mary B

Hi Bill,

I found a few items within the Learning Center that may be helpful! 

First, this symposia archive includes a few web seminars about the teaching of bioethics: https://learningcenter.nsta.org/resource/default.aspx?id=10.2505%2f8%2fSYM09NIH_NEW

Then, I found this journal article related to teaching of genetic engineering: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/resource/?id=10.2505/4/tst14_081_01_31

Finally, I found another web seminar regarding bioethics: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/resource/?id=10.2505/9/WSEBA09_Apr22

I hope these are helpful! Let me know if you end up using any of these in your classroom!

-Megan