Biotechnology Systems
Day 1:
Identifying Biotechnology
Study the four pictures posted in classroom and answer the following questions
1. What do you notice about the picture?
2. Do these pictures look familiar?
3. What do you think is happening in each picture?
4. What do all of these pictures have in common?
Write a definition of biotechnology on a post-it note and share it with me.
Discover the 20 different biotechnology examples located in google classroom by taking notes on each one on the worksheet also found in google classroom.
Day 2:
The Pros and Cons of Biotechnology
Draw a picture of what makes life good.
Cut out the topics and sort them into two categories, disadvantages and advantages. Glue them on to the advantages and disadvantages worksheet on the left hand side. Then draw an icon that will help you remember the advantage or disadvantage in the right column.
Day 3:
Extra! Extra! Biotechnology in Agriculture
Using a Styrofoam cup, pipe cleaner, tape, string and popsicle sticks, design a better cup. There are no rules other than the supplies you can use and you have 5 minutes to do it.
Biotechnology: improving on what we already have and finding new and better ways to produce our food.
Choose a biotechnology article from the websites below and read about it. Then summarize your article using "The World's Favorite News Paper" worksheet and following the directions posted in classroom. Share "The World's Favorite News Paper" with the class when you are finished.