Biotechnical PLTW Scope and Sequence Year at a Glance First Semester Three Weeks 1 st 3 weeks 2 nd 3 weeks 3 rd 3 weeks 4 th 3 weeks 5 th 3 weeks 6 th 3 weeks Topics/ Concepts I. Safety and Documentation Review II. Introduction to Biotechnical II. Introduction to Biotechnical II. Introduction to Biotechnical III. Biochemical III. Biochemical III. Biochemical IV. Environmental and Agricultural IV. Environmental and Agricultural Resource: Biotechnical PLTW Scope and Sequence Year at a Glance Second Semester Three Weeks 1 st 3 weeks 2 nd 3 weeks 3 rd. 3 weeks 4 th 3 weeks 5 th 3 weeks 6 th 3 weeks Topics/ Concepts IV. Environmental and Agricultural IV. Environmental and Agricultural V. Biomedical V. Biomedical V. Biomedical V. Biomedical V. Biomedical. 1
Biotechnical Unit 1 Safety and Documentation Review (9 1. Communicate ideas for designing a project using various drawing methods, sketches, graphics, or other media collected and documented. 2. Amend ideas, notes, and presentations based on personal review and feedback from others and will document them. 3. Describe in daily journals the advantages and disadvantages of various information-gathering techniques, communications, and design processes in the development of the project. 4. Follow procedures for ensuring accuracy and precision in measuring solutions. 5. Follow laboratory safety procedures. Lesson 1.1 Biotechnical Procedures (9 1.1.1. Project Documentation (2 1.1.2. Laboratory Safety (4 1.1.3. Instrumentation Calibration (3 2
Biotechnical Unit 2 - Introduction To Biotechnical (29 Lesson 2.1 Biotechnical History and Industry (21 6. Conduct a Biotechnology Timeline WebQuest to gather information about the evolution of biotechnical engineering. 7. Develop a scaled timeline illustrating major biotechnical engineering milestones through the use of the internet, available hard copy resources, and their individual milestone impact cards describing future biotechnical developments. 8. Assess the impact of each milestone based on their research. 9. Identify the fundamental concepts common to all major industries in biotechnical engineering. 10. Identify and explain how biotechnical engineered products impact society. 11. Predict future developments in biotechnical engineering. 12. Investigate and begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between financial markets and scientific research. 13. Work individually and as a group to generate definitions of key terms to be addressed in the lesson. 14. Discuss the differences between values and morals. 15. Discuss the differences between morals and ethics. 16. Describe the variables that shape one s ethics. 17. Role-play a bioethics case study to address and personalize the different perspectives involved. 18. Analyze the bioethical issues that arise when various technological advancements create new options. 19. Create and test a public opinion survey on the bioethics of biotechnology. 2.1.1. Biotechnical Timeline WebQuest (2 2.1.2. Gen Diagram Research (7 2.1.3. Biotechnology Stock Portfolio (2 day and updates for 12 Lesson 2.2 Lessons from Prometheus (8 2.2.1. Walk a Mile in Everyone s Boots (2 2.2.2. Bioethics (6 3
Biotechnical Unit 3 Biochemical (30 20. Investigate molecular techniques that are used by bioinformaticists. 21. Create a portfolio demonstrating the research and integration of forensics with engineering. 22. Design and create a 3D model of a fuming chamber for lifting prints from evidence. 23. Analyze the technology utilized in the field of forensics. 24. Apply the skills of reverse engineering to a crime scene and solve the mystery. 25. Create methods for evaluating collected evidence from a crime scene and prepare justifications for their conclusions. 26. Apply their practical knowledge of genetic engineering to the design of a novel and beneficial application of the reporter gene, green fluorescent protein. 27. Determine the proper techniques for isolating proteins. 28. Form a start-up pharmaceutical company with an appropriate name that will attempt to produce a pharmaceutical via previous genetic engineering work followed by scaled up growth of genetically modified bacteria. 29. Conduct facial reconstruction and experience the role of a forensic artist. Lesson 3.1 CSI Forensics: Engineers Needed (30 3.1.1. DNA Modeling (5 3.1.2. Rapid Pathogen Identification (3 3.1.3. Forensic Scientists and Engineers (4 3.1.4. Protecting the Crime Scene (1 day) 3.1.5. CSI Forensic Techniques (6 3.1.6. Genetic : Making E. coli Glow like Jellyfish (3 3.1.7. Designer Genes: Industrial Applications of Genetic Modification (4 3.1.8. Finding the Glowing Needle in the Haystack (3 4
Biotechnical Unit 4 Environmental and Agricultural Lesson 4.1 Grow to Go (44 (44 30. Determine the applications of fermentation in food production and renewable energy. 31. Design a method or instrumentation to be used for measuring rates of fermentation. 32. Research and test different variables which affect CO2 production in yeast in order to determine the ideal conditions for fermentation. 33. Design and run a yeast-powered vehicle. 4.1.1. Fermentation Instrumentation (4 4.1.2. Optimizing Yeast Fermentation (4 4.1.3. Fueled by Fungi (12 4.1.4. Phyto- (4 4.1.5. What s EatingYou (20 4.1.6. Bioengineering Agriculture (optional) 4.1.7. Assembling, Running, and Monitoring an Aquaponics System (optional) 4.1.8. Final Analysis (optional) 5
Biotechnical Unit 5 Biomedical (61 34. Demonstrate the application of engineering design principles by improving upon existing hospital designs or surgical equipment designs. 35. Demonstrate the application of product liability, product reliability, product reusability, and product failure. 36. Develop a portfolio identifying anatomical joint features and movements. 37. Build a joint model with the same degrees of freedom as the human counterpart. 38. Design and sketch a new joint replacement and solid model approved sketches. 39. Develop a materials and development cost for the joint design and surgical implant. 40. Synthesize skeletal system concepts with the design process for engineering joints. 41. Research heart diseases and disorders. 42. Sketch and provide a solid model of heart chambers and valves. 43. Research procedures involving artificial heart surgery and present the cost of a proposed noninvasive implant. 44. Research and create a set of improvements for imaging techniques. 45. Design a portable ECG monitor and study the electrical aspects associated with the heart. 46. Research and design improvements in heart implants or instruments. 47. Perform a virtual heart surgery to better understand the instruments and implants in need of improving. Lesson 5.1 - Biomedical (12 5.1.1. Biomedical Guidelines (4 5.1.2. Healthcare (8 Lesson 5.2 Orthopedics (30 5.2.1. The Skeletal System (8 5.2.2. Orthopedic Implants (5 5.2.3. Material Properties of Joints (17 Lesson 5.3 Cardiovascular Devices and Imaging (19 5.3.1. Key to My Heart (2 5.3.2. Heart of the Matter (10 5.3.3. MRI and Body Planes WebQuest (2 5.3.4. The Beat is On (5 5.3.5. Electrifying Engineer (optional) 6