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Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations)

Biotech lab foundations

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

My Class Course Syllabus (PDF)

Open Clever, then myPLTW How to get there: open Clever and sign in with your Microsoft (district) account. Both myPLTW and Schoology are in Clever. Do the activity in myPLTW. Turn the work in on this site or hand it to Mr. Mendoza, because that is the step that counts as submitted. Schoology only shows your report-card grade later.

Active Study: flashcards, decks & how-toStudy BFH cards in your browser, download the Anki deck, and learn the NotebookLM + Anki workflow.

Learning Centers: get unstuck at your levelMissing a step? Start below your level. Ready for more? Go past it. Every skill has worked practice, short videos, and the jobs that use it.

BFH: weeks of instruction before the WebXam

0 of 16 instructional weeks done16 left before WebXam

My checks & progress- take your exit tickets and see your growth

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

55.29%

Bio-Molecular Technology

25.88%

Laboratory Standard Operational Procedures

9.41%

Culturing

9.41%

Weights are the canonical published WebXam item-bank blueprint (the PDF). WebXam's live blueprint page shows different numbers for some courses; the PDF is the citable source of record. 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.

Open

Week-by-week overview

Conference reflection & progress Days off & why

Semester 2 (Spring)

Single-semester Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations): the full in-class curriculum, then the WebXam window. Every unit is taught in class; nothing is pushed to extra credit.

WeekDatesFocusDue by week end

Jan 19–26

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 19–26

procedureroutinePPESDS

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

Jan 27–Feb 2

BI launch, safety, design notebook, innovation portfolio, daily evidence routine.

Jan 27–Feb 2

innovationprototypeconstraintcriterion

Safety contract and BI portfolio setup.

Feb 3–9

Triage, patient flow, stakeholder needs, systems constraints. Debate: speed vs equity.

Feb 3–9

triagestakeholdersystemconstraint

Team contract and ER inefficiency brief.

Feb 10–16

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

Feb 10–16

credibilitycitationprior artneeds assessment

Annotated ER research notes.

Feb 17–22

Design brief, floor plan logic, staffing, process flow, safety, and human factors.

Feb 17–22

design brieffloor planprocess flowstaffing

Draft floor plan, flowchart, revision log.

Feb 24–Mar 2

Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design.

Feb 24–Mar 2

iterationfeedbackusabilityhypothesis

Problem 1 presentation/reflection and Problem 2 research design ticket.

Mar 3–8

Experimental vs observational studies, sample size, graphing, mean, SD, t-test purpose.

Mar 3–8

sample sizemeanstandard deviationt-test

Physiology data table.

Mar 10–16

Bias, error, graph choice, CER conclusion, limitations.

Mar 10–16

biaslimitationreplicationstatistical significance

Problem 2 analysis mini-report.

Mar 22–Apr 5

Literature review, decision matrices, validation metrics, MP1 data inflection.

Mar 22–Apr 5

literature reviewpeer reviewdecision matrixvalidation

Prototype validation notes and tracker audit.

Apr 7–12

Exposure pathways, toxins, dose, pollutants, public health risk.

Apr 7–12

toxinexposuredosepollutant

Environmental exposure map.

Apr 13–16

Data tables, graphical claims, variables, outliers, correlation vs causation.

Apr 13–16

graphtrendoutliererror

Environmental claim graph.

Apr 19–22

Outbreak line lists, incidence/prevalence, controls, intervention design.

Apr 19–22

incidenceprevalencemorbiditymortality

Public health intervention plan.

Apr 23–29

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

Apr 23–29

audienceprivacyusabilityrecommendation

Public health product.

Apr 30–May 3

Recombinant DNA workflow, restriction enzymes, ligation, transformation safety.

Apr 30–May 3

recombinant DNArestriction enzymeligaseplasmid

Molecular workflow plan.

May 5–10

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

May 5–10

transformationselectioncolonydigest

Transformation and gel notebook.

May 11–14

Forensic chain-of-custody basics, independent project claim, final portfolio audit; this is the last content week before WebXam review.

May 11–14

chain of custodyresearch questionmethodologyclaim

Complete the BI curriculum portfolio. This is the last content week; the remaining days are WebXam review.

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 after Unit 2.★ 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.

Open any daily lessonDaily calendar

Spring (Semester 2)

Wk 1

Tue 01/19 · Welcome, expectations, and how this class works Wed 01/20 · How to use the class website Thu 01/21 · Cornell notes and the 6 Rs

Wk 2

Mon 01/25 · Lab safety, myPLTW, and how to submit Tue 01/26 · WebXam pretest and goal setting Wed 01/27 · BI launch and syllabus Fri 01/29 · Lab safety and SDS

Wk 3

Mon 02/01 · Design notebook setup Tue 02/02 · First BI evidence entry Wed 02/03 · Speed-vs-equity debate Thu 02/04 · Stakeholder map

Wk 4

Mon 02/08 · Patient flow workflow Tue 02/09 · ER inefficiency brief Wed 02/10 · Annotation and citation

Wk 5

Tue 02/16 · Submit research notes Wed 02/17 · ER-ethics debate Thu 02/18 · CAD floor plan modeling Fri 02/19 · Process flowchart

Wk 6

Mon 02/22 · Prototype revision log Wed 02/24 · Innovation-safety debate Thu 02/25 · ER presentation Fri 02/26 · Physiology variables

Wk 7

Tue 03/02 · Research design ticket Wed 03/03 · Data-ethics debate Thu 03/04 · Physiology sensor lab Fri 03/05 · Mean, SD, t-test

Wk 8

Mon 03/08 · Submit data table Wed 03/10 · Biometric-privacy debate Thu 03/11 · Bias, error, graph choice Fri 03/12 · Statistics lab analysis

Wk 9

Tue 03/16 · CER mini-report Wed 03/17 · Innovation debate Thu 03/18 · Problem definition Fri 03/19 · Submit innovation proposal

Wk 10

Mon 03/22 · Source ethics debate Wed 03/24 · Literature review Thu 03/25 · Decision matrix

Wk 12

Mon 04/05 · Validation plan Wed 04/07 · Environmental justice debate Thu 04/08 · Environmental data lab Fri 04/09 · Mitigation notes

Wk 13

Mon 04/12 · Exposure map submit Tue 04/13 · Graph draft Thu 04/15 · CER paragraph Fri 04/16 · Claim graph submit

Wk 14

Mon 04/19 · Public health debate Wed 04/21 · Line list Thu 04/22 · Intervention plan Fri 04/23 · Risk communication debate

Wk 15

Mon 04/26 · Message draft Tue 04/27 · Privacy check Thu 04/29 · Product submit Fri 04/30 · Engineered organism debate

Wk 16

Mon 05/03 · Workflow notes and controls Wed 05/05 · Biotech safety debate Thu 05/06 · Transformation and gel wet lab Fri 05/07 · Gel map

Wk 17

Mon 05/10 · Notebook submit Tue 05/11 · Research ethics debate Thu 05/13 · Forensic evidence table Fri 05/14 · Project question

BFH calendar

Submission Zone

Drop your BFH project in the OneDrive folder, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count. Sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, not a personal one. Nothing is turned in on Schoology: that is where the report-card grade shows up later.

Name the file exactly like this, with two underscores between the name and the title:

Lastname_Firstname__Assignment Title.pdf

Two underscores between the name and the title. Do not put your student ID in the file name: your district sign-in already tells me it is you. A file named any other way is not lost. It waits in a review folder until it is sorted by hand, so it is graded later.

Your receipt. Your own upload panel says Uploaded, with a green check beside the file name. That is your receipt. Screenshot it if you want a record of your own. Do not wait for the file to appear in a list. You should not be able to see anyone else's work in there. If you can see other students' files, stop and tell Mr. Mendoza.

Open the OneDrive drop

What you'll learn

Perform a DNA extraction and explain each step

Interpret banding patterns from gel electrophoresis

Connect biotech techniques to real health applications

Open the daily plan above. Every class day lists what you will learn, the lab, the new words, and WebXam practice.

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