Life Science/Biology Lesson Plans
“Glowing” Bacteria
Aime Bonelli-Torres, South Garland High School, Garland, Texas
A Maizing Genetics (LS)
Natalie Davis, O.W. Holmes Middle School, Dallas, Texas
Amazonia
Kimberly Harkrider, Forest Meadow Junior High, Dallas, Texas
Cellular Warfare – Wanted Dead, Not Alive
Keri McCarty, Hurst Junior High School, Hurst, Texas
Clearing the Path (B1)
Ame Barrier, Sachse High School, Sachse, Texas
Colors – The Real Life Application of Chemiluminescence
Tray Wall, Trinity Springs Middle School, Keller, Texas
Contamination
Marissa Church,Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, Texas
Designed Demise (B1)
Rebecca Jinks, Keller High School, Keller, Texas
Did That Kreb’s Cycle Just Eat My Isotope?
Aaron Anderson, Alex W. Spence Middle School, Dallas, Texas
DNA Necklaces and Gene Therapy Lab
Scott Sharp, Rockwall-Heath High School, Heath, Texas
Drosophila melanogaster Stock Rebuilding
Andrew Benagh, Townview Magnet Center, Dallas, Texas
Enzymes Scissor Hands: Making the Cut to Become a Clone
Jokasta Maldonado, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
Enzyme Tag
Bryan Bolster, Bryan Adams High School, Dallas, Texas
Fluorescent Proteins: We’ll Keep the Light on For You (LS)
Benjamin Cruz, Inspired Vision Academy Campus 2, Mesquite, Texas
Genetic Variations of the Human Genome
Mary Byas, Peak Advantage Preparatory School, Dallas, Texas
Genetics is “Fly” (LS)
Ken Mitchell, Boyd Middle School, Boyd, Texas
Genetics Next Top Model: Knock Out Mice
Charlene Masch, de Zavala Middle School, Irving, Texas
Genotyping Mice Using Gel Electrophoresis: Catching Criminals with DNA Fingerprinting
Joe Kaski, Crockett Middle School, Irving, Texas
Genotyping PCR (What’s In Your DNA?) (B1, B2)
Constance Adamu, Carter High School, Dallas, Texas
HeLa What? HeLa Who? The Visualization of Normal & Tumor Cells
Lynee O’Connor, Kimball High School, Dallas, Texas
Histology: Making Structures Visible
Adam Jacobson, Wylie High School, Dallas, Texas
I’ve Got A Stain (B1)
Carrie Galvan, Berkner High School, Richardson, Texas
Intermingling Cycles
Elizabeth Freeman, Westwood Junior High School, Richardson, Texas
Killer Proteins! A Bactericidal Assay to Study the Role of Complement in Killing Bacteria
John Long, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas
Making “Friends” with DNA: Understanding Polymerase Chain Reactions (LS, B1, HST)
Marguerite Bagwell, Alvin High School, Alvin, Texas
Mycobacteriphages - Can You Find One?
Scott Sharp, Rockwall-Heath High School, Heath, Texas
Of Mice and Men: Inside the Heart (LS, B1)
Tony Dickensheets, G.B. Dealey International Academy, Dallas, Texas
Paperclip Lab (LS)
Tiffany Kiser, Ford Middle School, Allen, Texas
Pediatric Pulmonology
Adam Jacobson, Wylie High School, Wylie, Texas
Physical & Chemical Changes
Israel Iyoke, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
Please Hand Me A Tissue
Patricia Dailey, Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas
Put Your Thinking Caps On
Rudy Hikel, Little Elm High School, Little Elm, Texas
Recipe for Engineering a Biological Factory for Insulin Production
Marta Petrash, Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas
Reporting in-vivo: Live from the Tumor
Bibiana Mendez, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
Search And Translate (B1)
Dusty Vincer, Williams High School, Plano, Texas
Sea Urchin Reproduction Lab
Brook Varner, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas
Suturing Skin & Suture Strength (LS)
Heather Skelton, Ferguson Junior High School, Arlington, Texas
Titration of an Amino Acid (LS, B1)
Julia Lawrence, Cedar Hill 9th Grade Center, Cedar Hill, Texas
To B-Cell or Not to B-Cell?
Keivon Spencer, Townview School of Science & Engineering, Dallas, Texas
Train Your Genes
Kamilah Crouch, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
Understanding the Effects of Exercise on the Human Body: “A Walk in the Park” (LS)
Randall Harris, Grapevine Middle School, Grapevine, Texas
What Do Your Taste Buds Say?
Lisa Keaveney, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
What are the Specifics with Inhibition?
Brandi Bastas, Arlington High School, Arlington, Texas
What’s the Buzz About? (B1, B2)
Tabitha Gaudet, Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, Texas
When Viruses (and Bacteria!) Attack
Ashley Brooks, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas
Where Do We “Glow” From Here? (B2, C2)
Ame Barrier, Sachse High School, Sachse, Texas
Who’s Been Lumin’ Around?
Cathy Douglas, Coppell Middle School West, Coppell, Texas