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Does the type of cell matter when it comes to Biotechnology’s cell culture development?

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Biotechnology is one of the largest and fasted growing science-based industries in North Carolina. In this lesson students will have an opportunity to research some different Biotech companies in North Carolina. Secondly, students will grow live yeast cultures to model the cell culture development essential to the success of biotech companies. Students will manipulate different limiting factors such as temperature and the amount of media to measure the impact on cell growth/viability. The third part of this lesson will have students graphing, performing data analysis, and comparative analysis to modeled-data from Biogen Idec’s cell culture development.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Julie-Anne Thomasch

Japanese Internment Camps

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Smithsonian Magazine: This Was Life for Japanese-Americans During WWII February 2017 marked the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, a document that President Roosevelt signed in 1942, two months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The order resulted in the imprisonment of 75,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and 45,000 Japanese nationals in prison camps across the country, many being relocated far from home. Some 40 years later, the U.S. Congress formally recognized that the rights of the Japanese American community had been violated and President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing an apology and restitution to the living Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II.

Material Type: Primary Source, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Kate MacMillan

Science Learning

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Genetic Engineering interactive learning website that includes: Journey of a Gene - Learn the steps of genetic engineering to help us make soybeans that are resistant to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome. Enviropig - Learn the steps of genetic engineering to help us make environmentally friendly pigs. Genetic Engineering: Oomycete - Learn the steps of genetic engineering used in the process of developing oomycete resistant soybean. Farmers, Consumers, and GMOs - The world in which we live is constantly changing. Farmers and consumers need to adapt in order to deal with those changes. The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is one way to help them with adapting. The purpose of this learning environment is to provide the knowledge necessary to assist farmers and consumers to navigate through our changing world.

Material Type: Interactive

Author: Universtiy of Nebraska - Lincoln

Diversity: Shared Struggles

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My learning plan 04/07/2017 Diversity: Shared Strategies Essential Question: What are the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse society? Central Text: Becoming Joey Tasks & Strategies Tasks & Strategies Word Work (Strategies) Illustrated Vocabulary 6-12 In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part. L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6 Community Inquiry (Strategies) Text-based Fishbowl 6-12 A strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a text-based discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes. RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.3, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.3, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.6 Do Something (Tasks) Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change 6-12 Students write informed letters to corporate or elected officials, outlining their views on a social issue and calling for specific action

Material Type: Interactive, Module, Simulation

Author: Kate MacMillan

Responding to Hate and Bias at School

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A noose is found hanging from a goalpost on a high school campus. A swastika, 20 feet in diameter, is burned into the pavement at a junior high school. A group of white high school students dresses in banana suits for a basketball game and taunts their majority-black rival with racial slurs. A Sikh student has his turban pulled off and hair cut by fellow students. Your school has plans and protocols in place to respond to fires, severe weather, medical emergencies, fights and weapons possession. But what about school incidents like those listed above that involve bigotry and hate? Are plans in place to respond to a bias incident or hate crime? Too often these plans are created in the moment during the actual crisis. Bias incidents are far too complex for on-the-fly planning; an early misstep can heighten tension and damage chances for long-term success.

Material Type: Lesson Plan