Index of all Curriculum Units, 2005-2024

section "T"

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

Tattoos
17.01.03 Bringing Alive the Art of the Past: Modern Tattoos and Illuminated Manuscripts

Technology

and Art
15.04.01 Look Behind You! Mastering the Art of Suspense with Poe and Hitchcock

and Reading Instruction
09.04.04 Discovering Voice
06.03.09 Using African and African-American Folktales in a Genre Study

Biotechnology (see Genetics)
23.05.06 Nature Says Do This: Solving Problems by Mimicking Nature
21.05.08 STEAM and Human Centered Design of Biotechnology
18.05.02 Should We? Possibilities, Perils, and Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering
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
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
13.06.05 HIV: From Horror to Hope
13.06.06 Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops
06.05.07 The Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments

Communication
10.03.02 I Have a Story to Tell: Learning through Peer Biographical Inquiry
10.03.12 Connecting to Community: Biography and the Digital Age
09.03.05 Shakespeare on the Cell Phone: Texting Romance

Energy (see Energy)
21.04.09 Analyzing Electromagnetic Wavelengths and Their Interactions
19.04.05 Prototyping a Wind Turbine and Measuring Performance
16.04.09 Get Charged Up: The Past, Present and Future of Electricity

Environmental
20.04.10 Engineers Wanted: Climate Change Experience Necessary!
20.04.12 Engineering and Testing a Soil Moisture Sensor
19.04.07 Islands and Their Energy Needs
16.04.02 The Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
13.05.04 Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.07 It Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production
13.05.08 From Plants to Horsepower – an Introduction into the World of Oil
13.05.09 Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
09.07.02 Energy Quest: Exploring Sun, Wind, and Water
09.07.06 Unconventional Transportation
08.05.04 Crunching Numbers for Lunch
08.07.07 Mercury: An assessment of its life
08.07.09 The Effect of Vehicular Emissions on Human Health
07.05.04 Catch the Wind
07.05.05 Stylin' Your Ride: A Student's Guide to Designing Green Vehicles
07.05.06 The Power of the Sun
07.05.07 Solar Energy -- Architectural Alternatives for Home Building
06.05.01 Global Warming: Is Our Local Environment Ready for the Change?
06.05.07 The Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments

Batteries
19.04.01 Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?

Plastic
11.05.03 It's All about Plastic, Everywhere…
09.07.07 Energy, Climate, Environment: What's Plastic Got To Do with It?
08.07.06 Life Cycle Analysis of an Ordinary Plastic Water Bottle

Food
17.04.12 Best Practices for Food Preservation from Lab to Home Kitchen

Genetic
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
13.06.07 DNA in Forensic Science: genetic engineering applications in forensics

Health
13.06.05 HIV: From Horror to Hope
11.07.07 Teaching Osmosis and Diffusion through Kidney Dialysis
05.03.04 Science, Safety, and Civil Liberties

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
11.07.12 Your Liver, Can It Survive Your Abuse?

History
15.03.08 Ripple Effect: How Major Events Effect Everyone

Medical
19.04.09 Demystifying Radiation
11.07.10 Dimensional Analysis: A Mathematics Tool to Dissect the Circulatory System
09.06.11 Neurobiology Using BOTH Sides of the Brain

Nanotechnology (see Nanotechnology)

Polymers
11.05.10 Polytails and Urban Tumble Weaves: The Chemistry of Synthetic Hair Fibers

Space
22.04.06 Exploration: The Search for the Next Habitable Planet
07.07.03 Are We Alone?
07.07.04 The Integration of Space Technology into the Physics Classroom
07.07.07 The Science and Technology of the Apollo Space Program
05.04.02 Is There Life Out There?

Transportation
20.04.08 How Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation
19.04.01 Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
09.07.06 Unconventional Transportation
08.04.06 Terrific Ts- Truss, Triangle, Tangram and Technology Exploring Bridge Design with the Elementary Student
08.07.09 The Effect of Vehicular Emissions on Human Health
07.05.01 Petroleum: Our Best Transportation Option?
07.05.05 Stylin' Your Ride: A Student's Guide to Designing Green Vehicles

Waste Disposal
11.05.08 Trash – Seriously!
09.07.10 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Oh My!

Texas

History
24.01.04 The Eye of the Beholder: Climate Change Awareness
12.04.05 From Three Rivers to Arlington: Mexican American Civil Rights to 1954

Theatre
24.03.02 Captain Underpants, Poetry Outside the Box
24.03.09 Transforming Poetry of Witness to Performance of Protest

American

and Race
24.02.07 Teaching Theater in a Minority-Majority Classroom

Beckett, Samuel

Waiting for Godot
11.04.02 Strange Fruit: An Exploration of Imagery and Socio-politics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

Historical
11.03.06 American Musicals, American Freedom

Miller, Arthur
23.01.02 Using Objects and Artifacts to Understand The Crucible
05.03.13 Arthur Miller's History Lesson: The Crucible as a Link from the Past through McCarthyism to Present-Day Terrorism

Musicals
16.03.07 Dreaming on Imaginary Stages and Writing Imaginative Scripts: The Magical "If" Fulfilled, in "Hamilton"
11.03.06 American Musicals, American Freedom

Williams, Tennesse
16.02.06 Creating Connections to Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

Wilson, August
23.01.09 Illuminating Gem of the Ocean with Art Representing African Diaspora

and Film
06.01.05 The Delicate Marriage of Theatre and Film

Drama (see Drama)

Greek
14.04.01 Medea: Innocent or Guilty? It's just Rhetoric
13.01.04 Seeing Oedipus Rex: Using the Chorus to Understand the Tragedy

Japanese
06.01.05 The Delicate Marriage of Theatre and Film

Till, Emmett
20.01.01 Emmett Till: A Historical Inquiry

Tobacco
20.03.09 What Does a Camel and Vaping Have to Do with Public Policy?

Trigonometry
11.07.10 Dimensional Analysis: A Mathematics Tool to Dissect the Circulatory System
10.04.07 Patterns, a Different Point of View
08.04.08 The Use of Bridge Design in Teaching Mechanics

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Environment
20.04.03 Evaluating and Mitigating Stormwater Runoff Contamination

Geography

Cultural
13.04.01 The Study of a Zip Code: Tulsa's Invisible City

History
23.01.11 Perspectives on Race: Slavery and its Legacies in Art
17.02.05 Uncovering Individuality in a Scripted World
16.01.06 Relationships of African Americans and Creeks in Oklahoma to 1936
15.01.09 Revisiting Race and Riot: Exploring Tulsa’s Conflicts in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Image
15.03.06 Looking at Desegregation through Local Narratives: A Case Study at Tulsa Central High School
11.04.08 The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and Its Legacy: Experiencing Place as Text

Law
19.02.01 Confronting Mass Incarceration in Tulsa
19.02.08 Learning the System to Overcome the System: Juvenile Justice for High School Students