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

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