1. Biotechnology

2. Warm-Up
Update your Table of Contents – start a new section for our Biotechnology mini-unit!
Write your homework – get it stamped!
Get something to correct your Pathogens Test!
Complete the Data Tracker when we finish grading!
Date
Session #
Activity
Page
3/25 & 3/26 1
Intro to Biotechnology Notes & Blendspace Day 1 Notes
GMO Homework 2

3. Biotechnology Basics
What is Biotechnology? Come up with a definition based on the stems that make up the word.

4. What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology:
Any technology based on a biological system or organism.
The use of living organisms to solve problems and make useful products by bioengineers.

5. Where is Biotechnology Used?
Biotechnology is used in many fields, but mainly in…
Microbiology
Medicine
Agriculture/Food Production

6. How is Biotechnology Used in Microbiology?
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms like microbes…as we know they can be harmful, but they can also be helpful!
Microbes can be used for…
Breaking down harmful waste
Recycling nutrients within ecosystems
Food production (cheese, alcohol, bread, yogurt etc.)
Gene Therapy – uses a virus or bacteria to enter a cell and replace defective genes or create substances to treat disease

7. How is Biotechnology Used in Medicine?
The medical industry has made many advancements in due to biotechnology.
Most advancements are being made in genetics such as…
Genetic testing – taking a sample of DNA and analyzing it for a specific purpose
crime scene DNA, paternity testing, disease screening
Cloning – creation of a genetically identical organism
Tissue culturing – growing human tissues & organs in a lab

8. How is Biotechnology Used in Agriculture/Food Production?
The oldest applications of biotechnology are found in the field of agriculture! Ancient cultures used artificial selection or selective breeding techniques still used today!
Modern agricultural biotechnology focuses on genetically modifying organisms to…
Increase the amount produced
Improve food quality
Reduce environmental factors
(weather, insects, disease)
GMO’s, or Genetically Modified Organisms are also known as Transgenic

9. Blendspaces 1-13 Go to Blendspace.com
Click on the green “Join Class” button and it will ask you for the class code which is _____________
Complete Spaces 1-13 and the note guide that goes with it…if you don’t finish, it becomes homework.
Homework is on Space 13!

10. Warm-Up Update your Table of Contents!
Write your homework – get it stamped!
Get your Blendspace Notes out to be checked!
Date
Session #
Activity
Page
3/27 & 3/30 2
Biotechnology Stations & Blendspace Day 2 Notes 3

11. Biotechnology Stations
The Biotechnology Stations show a variety of uses for biotechnology in a variety of fields. Complete all 8 Stations and make sure to complete the questions that go along with them…have them checked for a grade when you are done!
When you are done with the stations, complete Spaces on the Blendspace…make sure to complete the questions that go along with them…this will be checked next class for a grade!