Curricular Materials Developed by GL4HS Teacher Interns

The educational resources published in this section represent a mixture of curricular units, worksheets, and supporting activities. Curricular units will include a statement of content objectives, suggested pacing, methods, and accommodations to scale the lesson up or down to different age groups and ability levels, in addition to both teacher guide and student version of materials. Worksheets can be used as standalone materials or integrated to pre-existent units for a variety of courses.

General Topic	Title	Teacher	Links
Astronaut Health	Omics and Space (INTRODUCTORY) Practice open science by learning about methods used to study astronaut health factors using transcriptomics analyses.	Stephanie Tsai	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Human Anatomy	Integrating Transcriptomics into a Human Anatomy Course (INTERMEDIATE) Apply real-life space data using the Open Science Data Repository in a lesson that orients students to the breadth of information available through curated studies.	Brittany Grissom	Teacher Guide
Space Biology	The Importance of Space Biology (INTRODUCTORY) Introduce students to the breadth and depth of space biology topics using this lesson that was originally written for middle school students but can be adapted to other levels of teaching.	Brie Logan	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Plants	Space Farming: Space Biology, Plants, and Using the GeneLab Data Repository (INTRODUCTORY) Engage students with this entry-level lesson for learning the importance of plant studies in the context of space biology using the GeneLab Data Repository.	Erin Tubolino	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Intro to Transcriptomics	Introduction to Omics Using GeneLab (INTERMEDIATE) This set of lessons introduces the Open Science Data Repository (GeneLab) and the methods used in omics analysis for teaching freshman biology.	Elisheva Bailey	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Model organisms (plant, animal)	Introduction to Model Organisms (INTRODUCTORY) Explore the characteristics of model organisms and their importance to data acquisition.	Geizi Dejka	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Model organisms (plant, animal)	Who Wants to Be the Model Organism? (INTRODUCTORY) Using local and cultural context, consider which organisms could be used as model organisms in the Four Corners region of the United States.	Geizi Dejka	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Plants	Effects of Spaceflight on Plants Using GLDS-38 (INTERMEDIATE) Practice transcriptomics analyses of plant spaceflight data publicly available from the NASA Open Science Data Repository	Monique Salazar	Teacher Guide Student Worksheets
Organisms	Exploring Gene Expression with Bioinformatics Using GLDS-288, a mouse spleen dataset (ADVANCED) Practice transcriptomics analyses of mouse spleen spaceflight data publicly available through the NASA Open Science Data Repository	Jennifer Callison Bliss	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Organisms	Of Bobtails and Bacteria: Intro to Experimentation and the GeneLab Data Repository (INTRODUCTORY) Introduce students to the Open Science Data Repository (GeneLab) which can be integrated into a unit of symbiosis or variables.	Jennifer Claudio	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet

Bioinformatics Bites

These short activities written by teacher-alumni are intended to support requisite knowledge for students to be able to get more deeply involved in bioinformatics lessons pertinent to GeneLab for High Schools and associated data analyses.

General Topic	Title	Teacher	Links
Science Skills	Bioinformatics Bite #1: Intro to p-values (INTRODUCTORY)	Catherine (Boileau) Peterson	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Science Skills	Bioinformatics Bite #2: Intro to Omics (INTRODUCTORY)	Catherine (Boileau) Peterson	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Science Skills	Bioinformatics Bite #3: Intro to PCA Plots (INTRODUCTORY)	Catherine (Boileau) Peterson	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Science Skills	Bioinformatics Bite #4: Overview of Experimental Design (INTRODUCTORY)	Scott Ryan	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet
Science Skills	Bioinformatics Bite #5: Overview of Bar and Line Graphs (INTRODUCTORY)	Scott Ryan	Teacher Guide Student Worksheet

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