Index of all Curriculum Units, 2005-2024

section "B"

Selecting a Unit number will take you to the Guide Entry for that Unit.

Baldwin, James
19.03.10 Chasing the Dream: The Civil Rights Movement and Desire for American Equality
16.02.08 Reading One Another: Fostering Passion and Identity Growth through African-American Literature
15.01.09 Revisiting Race and Riot: Exploring Tulsa’s Conflicts in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Image
12.04.02 Exchanging Letters - Changing Legacies

Biology

Animals
23.05.07 Mimicking Nature to Create a Classroom Culture
20.05.03 Biodiversity in Pocahontas State Park: Being Caretakers with Wildlife Corridors
20.05.09 Saving Little Brown Bats: A Case Study of White-Nose Syndrome for Primary Grades
16.06.01 Silent Witnesses: Hexapod Helpers in Crime Scene Investigation
14.06.04 A Gardenful of Microbes
12.06.07 What Can We Learn About Animals?
08.05.08 Estimation in Ecology - the Horseshoe Crab Census

Insects
23.05.01 Biodiversity and Bees in the Primary Classroom
23.05.02 Pollination Party
21.05.01 Human-Centered Design of Biotechnology: Where Will We Be without Bees?
20.05.01 One Clover and A Bee: The Impacts of Bee Sustainability on Biodiversity in Allegheny County
12.06.02 Using Biology to Teach Children to Think Like a Scientist

Astrobiology
22.04.01 To Infinity and Beyond: using non-fiction text and study to promote science-fiction writing
22.04.02 The Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the Ecosystems of Earth
22.04.04 There's No "Space" Like Home
22.04.05 An Alien Earth, Far, Far Away!
22.04.06 Exploration: The Search for the Next Habitable Planet
21.04.10 The Sun and Photosynthesis: From Photons to Astrobiology
05.04.08 Why Earth? A Study of Planetary Habitability

Bacteria
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity

Biochemistry
22.04.06 Exploration: The Search for the Next Habitable Planet
09.05.01 How Much Is Too Much? Teaching Measurement and Solution Concentration through Bioaccumulation and Levels of Toxicity
08.06.03 Healthy Choices Lead To Healthy Bodies! A Child's Guide to Good Nutrition and Exercise

Biodegradation
11.05.03 It's All about Plastic, Everywhere…

Biodiversity
23.05.01 Biodiversity and Bees in the Primary Classroom
23.05.02 Pollination Party
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity
23.05.06 Nature Says Do This: Solving Problems by Mimicking Nature
22.05.04 Will They Survive? Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity
20.05.01 One Clover and A Bee: The Impacts of Bee Sustainability on Biodiversity in Allegheny County
20.05.02 Strands of One Braided Cord: How Humans Are Impacting Biodiversity Through the Spread of Disease
20.05.03 Biodiversity in Pocahontas State Park: Being Caretakers with Wildlife Corridors
20.05.04 Montessori’s Cosmic Curriculum and Biodiversity in Africa
20.05.05 Biodiversity Beyond the Four Walls
20.05.06 Friend or Foe: Human Impact on the Earth’s Ecosystems
20.05.08 Viral Viruses: Land-Use Changes and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Bioengineering
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity
23.05.06 Nature Says Do This: Solving Problems by Mimicking Nature
21.05.01 Human-Centered Design of Biotechnology: Where Will We Be without Bees?
21.05.06 The Curb Cut Effect: A Local and Global Citizen Bioengineering Challenge
21.05.08 STEAM and Human Centered Design of Biotechnology
18.05.03 GMOs: Costs, Benefits, and Controversies
18.05.04 Feeding the World Using Genetically Modified Organisms: A Survey of GMO Technology and its Impact on Agricultural Production
18.05.05 The Power and Responsibility of Human Changes to Biology: Malaria, Mosquitoes, and CRISPR Technology
18.05.09 Endangered Species, De-Extinction and MANipulation
18.05.11 From Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding
16.04.04 Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
13.05.03 A Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.07 It Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production
13.06.01 Imagine the Unimaginable Harnessing the Power of DNA: Principles of Genetic Engineering
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases
13.06.03 The Evolution of Genetic Engineering
13.06.04 Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms on Agriculture
13.06.06 Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops
06.05.07 The Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments

Biological Weapons
09.07.04 Toxic, Persistent Chemicals in Human Environments: Case Studies of Agent Orange Use in Vietnam, 1965-1970 and Methyl Mercury in Minamata Bay, Japan, 1932-1968

Biomimicry
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity
23.05.06 Nature Says Do This: Solving Problems by Mimicking Nature

Disease
24.05.02 Staying Healthy in Kindergarten
10.06.02 The Impact of Disease on the Civil War
06.05.02 The Consequences of Global Warming on Human Health
05.02.08 An Approach to Biology, Population Dynamics, and Disease via the Analysis of Mexican Art, History, and Texts

AIDS
10.06.07 AIDS in The Teenage Community

Cancer
17.06.06 HeLa Cells, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine
15.06.03 Effects of Carcinogens on Cells

Diabetes
15.06.01 Diabetes and Navajo Nation
11.07.02 A Recipe for Success: The Semi-sweet Pancreas
11.07.08 Diabetes, the Silent Enemy
08.06.01 Eat to live: the connection between food, digestion and diabetes

Heart Disease
12.05.09 Cardiovascular Medications, Beta-Blockers and their Effect on Cells
11.07.09 Heart Disease, Transplants and New Technology

Hemophilia
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases

Hepatitis
11.07.12 Your Liver, Can It Survive Your Abuse?

HIV/AIDS
14.06.07 Making Connections in Science: Viruses and the Immune System
13.06.05 HIV: From Horror to Hope

Huntington’s Disease
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases

Hypertension
12.05.03 The Down-Low (DL) on High Blood Pressure
11.07.11 Under Pressure! The Circulatory System and Hypertension

Infectious
17.06.07 Micro Life in a Macro World: Understanding Life at the Microscopic Scale and the Spread of Disease
14.06.01 Microbes Rule the School and the Entire Planet

Malaria
15.06.07 The Changing Threat of Malaria and the Impact on Global Health

Muscular Dystrophy
17.06.01 Gene Therapy and Muscular Dystrophy: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction of the Muscular System

Sickle Cell Anemia
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases

Smallpox
10.06.06 Teaching Principles of Evolutionary Medicine through a Historical Lens

Vaccinations
18.05.10 Vaccines and the Outbreak of Nonsense
17.06.06 HeLa Cells, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine

Viruses
17.06.05 Cure for the Common Cold: Fantasy or Reality?
17.06.07 Micro Life in a Macro World: Understanding Life at the Microscopic Scale and the Spread of Disease
17.06.08 Germs Attack!
14.06.02 This Means War! The Battle of Humans and Viruses
14.06.05 Microbes as a Driving Force of Change
12.05.10 Antibacterial Gone Viral – Understanding Immune Response in Bacterial and Viral Infectious Diseases

Endangered Species
22.05.04 Will They Survive? Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity
20.05.09 Saving Little Brown Bats: A Case Study of White-Nose Syndrome for Primary Grades
18.05.09 Endangered Species, De-Extinction and MANipulation
09.07.08 Teaching Ecology Principles through the Study of an Ecosystem
09.07.11 Learning Ecology through Endangered Species

Evolutionary
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity
22.04.02 The Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the Ecosystems of Earth
20.05.05 Biodiversity Beyond the Four Walls
18.05.11 From Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding
16.06.01 Silent Witnesses: Hexapod Helpers in Crime Scene Investigation
16.06.02 Genetic Engineering and the Potential Effects on Evolution
16.06.03 Gotta Evolve ‘Em All! Evolutionary Ideas for 1st Graders
16.06.05 Transitional Forms: The Evidence for Evolution by Natural Selection
14.06.01 Microbes Rule the School and the Entire Planet

General
12.06.02 Using Biology to Teach Children to Think Like a Scientist
12.06.04 No Guts, No Glory
12.06.05 Inquiring Minds Want to Know...Teaching Vertebrates through Inquiry
10.05.01 The Relative Nature of Size in Biological Sciences: Let's Start Small and Work Our Way Up
05.02.08 An Approach to Biology, Population Dynamics, and Disease via the Analysis of Mexican Art, History, and Texts

Genetics

Animals
18.05.05 The Power and Responsibility of Human Changes to Biology: Malaria, Mosquitoes, and CRISPR Technology
18.05.09 Endangered Species, De-Extinction and MANipulation
18.05.11 From Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding
13.06.03 The Evolution of Genetic Engineering

Human
23.05.04 On the Border of Life: Bacteriophages and Biodiversity
18.05.02 Should We? Possibilities, Perils, and Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering
18.05.07 Chemical Footprints: Health Threats of Food Toxins?
17.06.01 Gene Therapy and Muscular Dystrophy: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction of the Muscular System
17.06.02 A Cell's Story - from Growth to Mitosis
16.06.02 Genetic Engineering and the Potential Effects on Evolution
16.06.03 Gotta Evolve ‘Em All! Evolutionary Ideas for 1st Graders
15.06.02 Towards an Understanding of Disease Burdens in Developing and Developed Nations
15.06.03 Effects of Carcinogens on Cells
15.06.04 Genetics and Mechanisms of Disease
15.06.05 Recombinant DNA Technology and Global Health
13.06.01 Imagine the Unimaginable Harnessing the Power of DNA: Principles of Genetic Engineering
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases

Human
18.05.01 Augmenting Bone Regeneration: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction of the Skeletal System
18.05.06 Chemical Warfare and the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
18.05.07 Chemical Footprints: Health Threats of Food Toxins?
17.06.02 A Cell's Story - from Growth to Mitosis
17.06.07 Micro Life in a Macro World: Understanding Life at the Microscopic Scale and the Spread of Disease
16.06.02 Genetic Engineering and the Potential Effects on Evolution
15.06.02 Towards an Understanding of Disease Burdens in Developing and Developed Nations
15.06.03 Effects of Carcinogens on Cells
15.06.05 Recombinant DNA Technology and Global Health
15.06.06 Statistical Methods and Health in Chicago
15.06.08 Every Breath You Take - Air Pollution’s Effects on Respiratory Health
15.06.09 The Role of Hormones in Homeostasis
14.06.02 This Means War! The Battle of Humans and Viruses
14.06.03 The Magic of Microbes May Save Our Lives!
14.06.07 Making Connections in Science: Viruses and the Immune System
14.06.08 It'll Make Your Skin Crawl – Microbes and Skin Physiology
13.06.01 Imagine the Unimaginable Harnessing the Power of DNA: Principles of Genetic Engineering
13.06.02 Genetically Engineering Cures for Single Gene Diseases
12.05.02 Can You Pill It? Demystifying Painkillers
12.05.03 The Down-Low (DL) on High Blood Pressure
12.05.04 What Is Going On Inside My Body? An Introduction to the Central Nervous System and the Digestive System
12.05.06 Toxic Effects of Mercury, Alcohol, and Cannabis on Human Cellular Function
12.05.07 Caution! Drug Diffusion Underway: Using Inquiry to Understand How Drugs and the Body Interact
12.05.10 Antibacterial Gone Viral – Understanding Immune Response in Bacterial and Viral Infectious Diseases
12.06.01 Asking Questions about Learning Disabilities: A Gateway to Self-Determination
12.07.09 Processed Food for Thought: Exploring Chemical Additives in Processed Foods
11.07.01 Symmetry and Fractals in the Lungs
11.07.03 The Cardiovascular System: Mechanics and Dynamics
11.07.07 Teaching Osmosis and Diffusion through Kidney Dialysis
11.07.09 Heart Disease, Transplants and New Technology
11.07.10 Dimensional Analysis: A Mathematics Tool to Dissect the Circulatory System
11.07.11 Under Pressure! The Circulatory System and Hypertension
08.06.01 Eat to live: the connection between food, digestion and diabetes
08.06.02 Fast Food, Fast Track… To No Where
08.06.03 Healthy Choices Lead To Healthy Bodies! A Child's Guide to Good Nutrition and Exercise
08.06.06 Food Allergies Beware: We Know your Secret!
08.06.07 Feeding our Bodies, Fueling our Minds
08.06.08 The Way Food Works: Analyzing the Short and Long Term Effects of What We Eat

Artificial Organs
11.07.02 A Recipe for Success: The Semi-sweet Pancreas
11.07.04 Building a Heart: The Function and Mechanics

Organ Transplants
11.07.09 Heart Disease, Transplants and New Technology

Manipulation
18.05.02 Should We? Possibilities, Perils, and Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering
18.05.11 From Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding
13.06.04 Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms on Agriculture
13.06.06 Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops

Marine
20.05.10 Marine Biotoxins: Invisible, Odorless, and Lethal

Microbiology
24.05.02 Staying Healthy in Kindergarten
17.06.05 Cure for the Common Cold: Fantasy or Reality?
14.06.01 Microbes Rule the School and the Entire Planet
14.06.02 This Means War! The Battle of Humans and Viruses
14.06.03 The Magic of Microbes May Save Our Lives!
14.06.04 A Gardenful of Microbes
14.06.08 It'll Make Your Skin Crawl – Microbes and Skin Physiology

Neurobiology
09.06.10 Art is Not Just in the Eye of the Beholder But in the Brain
09.06.11 Neurobiology Using BOTH Sides of the Brain

and Disease
09.06.09 Brain Structure and Function and Disease

and Trauma
11.01.02 Are You Talkin' to Me? A Bibliotherapeutic Realization of Intelligence and Self-efficacy in Traumatized Adolescents

Brain Development
09.06.08 Our Brain's Fat and Carbohydrate Connection

Brain Structure
11.01.02 Are You Talkin' to Me? A Bibliotherapeutic Realization of Intelligence and Self-efficacy in Traumatized Adolescents
09.06.08 Our Brain's Fat and Carbohydrate Connection
09.06.09 Brain Structure and Function and Disease

Cognition
09.06.03 Mathematics and the Brain: Easy as 1-2-3 Simple Like A-B-C

Disability
12.06.01 Asking Questions about Learning Disabilities: A Gateway to Self-Determination

Electric Signal Transmission
09.06.07 The Brain Desynchronized

Learning
09.06.05 An Investigation into Learning Using the Regions of the Brain
09.06.06 This Is Your Brain…This is Your Brain on Fire…Any Questions?

Memory
09.06.04 Memory Boot Camp

Senses
09.06.01 An Investigative Approach to the Brain: The 5 Senses, the 5W's and an H
09.06.02 Sensing our Five Senses
09.06.10 Art is Not Just in the Eye of the Beholder But in the Brain

Pollination
23.05.01 Biodiversity and Bees in the Primary Classroom
23.05.02 Pollination Party

Blake, William
18.02.01 The Poetics of Truth and Beauty: A Practical Approach to Reading and Understanding Ekphrastic Poetry
17.01.07 Multiple Literacies Being Developed in the Literature Classroom: Hieroglyphics to Graphic Novels
14.02.10 Don't Fear the Symmetry: The Poetry of William Blake

Botany
24.01.08 Art of the Mushroom
20.05.04 Montessori’s Cosmic Curriculum and Biodiversity in Africa

Photosynthesis
19.04.04 Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
16.04.03 Plant, Watch, and Grow
16.04.10 The Backwards and Forwards of Photosynthesis
13.05.01 Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.02 Soaking Up the Sun!
07.05.08 Modeling Photosynthesis

Bridges
08.04.01 Puentes, Civilizaciones y Cultura
08.04.02 Building Bridges in Earthquake Country: From the Past to the Present
08.04.05 The Art, Science, and Mathematics of Bridges: An Integrated Unit for Middle School
08.04.07 The Design and Analysis of Structures
08.04.08 The Use of Bridge Design in Teaching Mechanics
08.04.09 Bridges: Inspired by Nature

History of
08.04.03 Learning by Mistakes-Bridge Failures
08.04.08 The Use of Bridge Design in Teaching Mechanics

Truss
08.04.06 Terrific Ts- Truss, Triangle, Tangram and Technology Exploring Bridge Design with the Elementary Student