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Title: Biotechnology Manual
| Grade Level: | 6 - 8, 9 - 12 |
| Other Uses: | advanced biology courses, general public education, teacher background information |
| Type: | Textbook supplement (144 pp.), teacher's guide, laboratory manual, hands-on materials, reference |
| Authors: | |
| Publisher: | Addison-Wesley |
| Year of pub.: | 1996 |
| Price: | $23.58 |
Description: This manual is designed as a biotechnology supplement to the regular biology or genetics text used in the classroom. It provides a good overview of biotechnology, addressing both the nature and history of biotechnology, as well as its techniques. The manual contains a collection of experiments, activities, and thought-provoking, decision-making essays. Both lab protocols and paper-and-pencil exercises are included, for example, "Making Cheese", "DNA Extraction", "Dye Electrophoresis", and a variety of case studies. A newer edition (1998) has been published but was unavailable for review.
Strengths: A good variety of activities is presented. Students are asked to critically think about and evaluate what they have learned. Although designed for the high school level, a number of activities are also appropriate for middle school students.
Weaknesses: Rather than being a self-contained and reusable student text, this resource is a paperbound teacher/student manual. Student portions must be photocopied anew each time the manual is used. Because of the rapidly changing biotechnology field, some material could become dated quite quickly.
Keywords: DNA structure, chromosomes, probability, mitosis, cell division, biotechnology, medical genetics, bioethics, plant
Genetics concepts addressed: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
(view genetics concepts)
Other subjects addressed: Mathematics, Technology, Reading, Writing, Communication
| ISBN#: | 0201864436 |
| Ordering Information: |
1-800-552-2259 |
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last updated 6/07/00