1. Biotechnology

2. Why Biotech? • Used widely in industry today • Many possible applications • Used extensively in the food industry – value-added products • Genomics is just beginning

3. My knowledge is limited… where do I start?

4. Two Types of Biotech • Old vs New

5. History of Biotechnology • Earliest known biotech application • Cheesemaking • Lactic Acid Fermentation

6. Alcohol Fermentation • Wine • Root Beer • Bread making

7. Biotechnology, defined broadly, is the engineering of organisms for useful purposes.

8. New Biotechnology • Genes • Genetic Engineering • Genomics

9. Fourteen month-old genetically engineered (“biotech”) salmon (left) and standard salmon (right). Often, biotechnology involves the creation of hybrid genes and their introduction into organisms in which some or all of the gene is not normally present.

10. Applications in the classroom

11. Alcohol Fermentation • Bread in a Bag • Rootbeer Lab • Basic Yeast Fermentation Lab

12. Lactic Acid Fermentation • Making Cheese • Yogurt Lab

13. Micropropagation • African Violets • Micro propagation lesson plan • Micropropagation lab handout • Rubric

14. How to Grow Bacteria • Making nutrient plates • Streaking Technique • Interpreting Plates

15. Bacterial Transformation Lab • pGlo Lab • Video

16. Extracting DNA • Strawberry Lab

17. DNA Necklace Lab • Lab

18. GMO Labs • GMO Testing Lab • GMO Testing #2

19. Gel Electrophoresis • Battery Powered Gel Boxes • E-gels

20. Grants • SPEC • Mini grant

21. Team Teaching Tips

22. Teaching Biotech for Science Credit