Lesson One

“Bringing Biotechnology for Life” provides students a journey through the understanding of biotechnology with an emphasis on food production.

Length: 1 hour

Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Identify the primary components in a DNA structure.
• Describe the role of DNA in trait inheritance.

Next Generation Science Standards Addressed:

• Disciplinary Core Ideas:
  
  1. LS1.B Growth and Development of Organisms
  2. LS3.A Inheritance of Traits
  3. LS3.B Variation of Traits

• Practices:
  Asking Questions

• Cross-Cutting Concepts:
  Complex and microscopic structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the relationships among its parts, therefore complex natural structures / systems can be analyzed to determine how they function.