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PLTW-BFHPLTW Biomedical Science

Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations)

Biotech lab foundations

Ohio WebXam: Biotechnology for Health and Disease · 072125 (likely, pending confirmation)PLTW: Biomedical Innovations (BI)

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Course Syllabus (Drive PDF) Family Guide (Drive PDF)

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BFH: weeks of instruction before the WebXam

Week 1 · 16 total before WebXamLet's go

247 days until the WebXam window · Window opens May 17, 2027

My checks- take exit tickets and benchmarks

What the WebXam tests (072125)

Your end-of-course Ohio test, Biotechnology for Health and Disease, is a 40-question exam. This assessment matches this course by title and blueprint, but district confirmation is still outstanding, so treat it as likely rather than settled. Here is the published item-bank weighting for the domains on that test.

Microbiology Testing and Technology

23.91%

Molecular and Genetic Technology

27.17%

Laboratory Standard Operational Procedures

21.74%

Culturing

20.65%

Business Ethics and Law

2.17%

Business Literacy

2.17%

Employability Skills

1.09%

Global Environment

1.09%

Weights are WebXam's live item-bank blueprint. Where the older hosted PDF disagrees, the live blueprint is what WebXam scores against: the outcome reports WebXam returns to this school print the live percentages. The passing score is set by the state per test form and is not published here.

Capstone mission board

Biomedical Innovations is a capstone: you solve open-ended problems like a real biomedical professional. Here is the full mission set and what a finished capstone includes.

P1Design of an Effective Emergency RoomRequired

P2Exploring Human Physiology (study + statistics)Required

P3Design of a Medical Innovation (prototype)Required

P4Investigating Environmental Health (DNA/PCR, dose-response)Required

P5Combating a Public Health Issue (epidemiology)Required

P6Molecular Biology in Action (cloning, sequencing)Optional

P7Forensic AutopsyOptional

P8Independent ProjectOptional

Every capstone includes

Innovation portfolio

Dated, evidence-based engineering work across every problem, kept from day one.

Mentor feedback

Get and document feedback from an adult expert (clinician, engineer, or community partner).

Public presentation

Present to a real adult audience and field evidence-based questions, not just a class grade.

Where work goes

Which folder does each piece go to?

61 class days, folders and at-home chips

The story

What will this actually feel like?

15 weeks, a student's voice

Official PLTW Biomedical Innovation Course Outline

Biomedical Innovation, the capstone. The eight Problems and what each asks you to do.

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Week-by-week overview

Conference reflection & progress Friday reflection Days off & why

Semester 2 (Spring)

Single-semester Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations): the full in-class curriculum, then the WebXam window. Some later units also carry an optional extra-credit track; see the reserve page for which ones.

WeekDatesFocusDue by week end

Jan 19–21

Orientation: daily icebreakers, the daily lesson pages and website, what notes should look like (Cornell + the 6 Rs), the lab notebook, lab safety, the PLTW web portal, and a Friday WebXam pretest.This week

Jan 19–21

procedureroutinePPESDS

Orientation checklist, signed safety contract, notebook sample, and baseline WebXam pretest complete.

Jan 25–29

procedureroutinePPESDS

Orientation checklist, signed safety contract, notebook sample, and baseline WebXam pretest complete.

Feb 1–4

Fresh cohort launch, safety, ER design frame, portfolio routine.

Feb 1–4

innovationtriagestakeholdersystem

Safety contract and BI portfolio setup.

Feb 8–10

Triage, patient flow, systems constraints, stakeholder needs.

Feb 8–10

triagestakeholderworkflowconstraint

ER stakeholder map and design brief.

Feb 16–19

Credible sources, prior art, citation, source bias, needs assessment.

Feb 16–19

credibilitycitationprior artneeds assessment

Annotated ER research notes.

Feb 22–26

Credible sources, prior art, floor plan logic, process flow.

Feb 22–26

credibilityprior artfloor planprocess flow

ER research/prototype revision log.

Mar 2–5

Research design, variables, sample size, reliability, ethics of biometric data.

Mar 2–5

hypothesisindependent variabledependent variablecontrol

Research design ticket.

Mar 8–12

Physiology measures, data collection, graphing, mean, SD, error.

Mar 8–12

homeostasisphysiologybiometricsmean

Physiology data table.

Mar 16–19

T-test purpose, validity, reliability, limitations, CER conclusion.

Mar 16–19

t-testvalidityreliabilitylimitation

Problem 2 analysis.

Mar 22–25

Literature review, source evaluation, decision matrices, validation metrics.

Mar 22–25

literature reviewpeer reviewdecision matrixvalidation

Prototype validation notes.

Apr 5–9

Literature review, source evaluation, decision matrices, validation metrics.

Apr 5–9

literature reviewpeer reviewdecision matrixvalidation

Prototype validation notes.

Apr 12–16

Exposure pathways, dose-response, pollutants, mitigation and risk.

Apr 12–16

toxinexposuredosepollutant

Environmental exposure map.

Apr 19–23

Line lists, incidence/prevalence, controls, misinformation, intervention design.

Apr 19–23

incidenceprevalencemorbiditymortality

Public health intervention plan.

Apr 26–30

Audience, privacy, usability, evidence-based recommendations, revision.

Apr 26–30

audienceprivacyusabilityrecommendation

Public health product.

May 3–7

Recombinant DNA, restriction enzymes, ligation, transformation, controls.

May 3–7

recombinant DNArestriction enzymeligaseplasmid

Molecular workflow plan.

May 10–14

Transformation, antibiotic selection, plasmid extraction, digest, gel interpretation.

May 10–14

transformationselectioncolonydigest

Transformation and gel notebook.

WebXam

May 17–21

WebXam testing block

May 17–21

WebXam testing progress confirmed.

WebXam

May 24–28

WebXam testing block

May 24–28

WebXam testing progress confirmed.

Tip: click any week to open its overview, daily lesson links, vocabulary, resources, WebXam practice, and PLTW direction. Semester 2 repeats the same learning arc on new dates.

Daily plan: every class day

One page per instructional day, on the real calendar. Open today's date for the target, agenda, PLTW work, what is due, guided notes, and what to do if you were absent.

★ Want extra credit? This track opens partway through the term.★ Microbiology & the Working Lab: optional extra-credit project (solo or group)The bench skills the WebXam leans on hardest, that a design capstone does not get to in class, for extra credit.Opens after the cardiovascular unit, due by the WebXam review. about 3 to 4 hours total, and you have months to do it at your own pace.★ Craniofacial Research Capstone: optional extra-credit project (solo or group)The finale of the Baby Mateo case: turn the year into your own research question, design an experiment, and present.Opens after the cardiovascular unit, due by the WebXam review. about 4 to 6 hours total, spread across the spring at your own pace.

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Spring (Semester 2)

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