MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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BIOLOGY I HONORS
Course Code: 200032001
TOPIC XX: GENETICS – Biotechnology
Pacing
Date
Traditional 4 days
Block
ESSENTIAL CONTENT
A. Predicting Impact on Society, Individual, and
Environment (16.10)
1. Cloning
2. Genetic Engineering
3. Artificial Selection
4. Transgenics
B. Medical and Ethical Issues (16.10, C.1.4)
1. Genetically Modified Crops & Animals
2. Genetic Testing
3. Disease Prevention & Treatment
4. Personal Identification
OBJECTIVES
2 days
03-10-16 to 03-15-16
03-10-16 to 03-15-16
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
Core Text Book:
 Evaluate examples of biotechnology (cloning, genetic
engineering, artificial selection) on the individual, society Chapter 15
and/or the environment.
Vocabulary:
 Recognize impacts of biotechnology on the on the
Bioethics, cloning, genetic engineering, artificial selection ,
individual, society and/or the environment. (ALD)
genetically modified (GM)
 Describe how basic DNA technology (restriction
digestion by endonucleases, gel electrophoresis,
polymerase chain reaction, ligation, and transformation) Technology:
1. Genetic Engineering
is used to construct recombinant DNA molecules
2. Biology Corner: Biotechnology Web Lesson
 Assess how technology is essential to science for such
3. Website: www.biology.com
purposes as access to outer space and other remote
4. Art Review: Identifying Individuals
locations, sample collection, measurement, data
collection and storage, computation, and communication 5. Data Analysis: Who Sees Your DNA?
6. HippoCampus Biology: Applications of Biotechnology:
of information.
Overview
 Explain that science is one of the processes that can be
used to inform decision making at the community, state, 7. HippoCampus Biology: Applications of Biotechnology:
Summary
national, and international levels.
8.
Edgenuity
 Describe some of the issues (medical and ethical) that
9. Extended Learning Modules
relate to biotechnology.
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BIOLOGY I HONORS
Course Code: 200032001
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Standard:
SC.912.L.16.10
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Standard:
HE.912.C.1.4
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DNA Technologies
Going Beyond Nature: Cloning
through the Study of DNA
Transgenics: Positive and Negative
Effects of New Gene Combinations
Developments in Reproduction:
Cross-species Cloning
Identifying the Origin and Assignment
of Character Traits
Understanding the Impact of Gene
Alteration
Gene Therapy: Transforming the
Human Body through Genetic Drugs
The Role of Genes
Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Inheritance Patterns
Heredity: How Our Parents' Genes
Affect Us
Basic Facts About Cancer
Obesity
Is Tone Deafness Hereditary?
Can Your Grandfather's Diet Shorten
Your Life?
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Achievements in Biotechnology Part 1
Achievements in Biotechnology Part 2
Cloning
From Science Fiction to Science Fact:
The Realities of Cloning
Bans and Consequences of Genetic
Screening
Genetic Discrimination
The Test Tube Baby
Genetic Screening and Choices
Genetic Engineering
Genetic Engineering and Wheat
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Hunting Down the Genes Involved in 
Disease
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DNA and the Genetics of Cancer
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Genetic Disease
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Families and Genetic Disease
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Genetic Case Study: Addison's
Disease
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Cystic Fibrosis
Genetic Engineering and Agriculture
Genetic Engineering and Private
Companies
Genetically Engineered Food
Transgenics: Manipulating Genetics
Transgenics: Splicing Genes Across
Species
Genetic Testing: What Happens If
One Tests Positive for a Disease?
Bioethics: What Can Our Genes Tell
Us?
Chromosomal Disorders
Designer Babies
Diabetes
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
DNA Screening
High & Low Risks for Cancer
High & Low Risks for Cardiovascular
Disease
High & Low Risks for Diabetes
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Course Code: 200032001
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Cloning Ethics: In His Own Words
Human Cloning Inevitable, Says Princeton Genetics Professor in 1998
Mice Cloned in China Using Skin Cells
Cloning Ethics
Scientists Clone Dolly the Sheep
About a Bush: 11,700 Years of Human History
Scientists Create Test-Tube Burger with Lab-Grown Beef