Lesson Four

Food biotechnology uses what is known about plant science and genetics to improve the food we eat and how it is produced.

Length: 1 hour

Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Define biotechnology.
• Identify how biotechnology can help the environment.
• Identify how biotechnology can improve our food supply

Next Generation Science Standards Addressed:

• Disciplinary Core Ideas:
  
  1. LS3.A Inheritance of Traits

• Practices:
  Asking Questions

• Cross-Cutting Concepts:
  Patterns: Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards Addressed:

• Writing Standards 6-12, Text Types and Purposes (2) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information through selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.