Milwood Magnet School Center for Math, Science, and Technology's 7th Grade Biotechnology curriculum is based on six units:
Unit 1 - Technological Innovations
Unit 2 - Global Food Chain
Unit 3 - Biofuel
Unit 4 - Medical Biotechnology
Unit 5 - Environmental Biotechnology
Unit 6 - Sustainable Systems
Overarching Idea - E3: Making life Easy, Effective, and Efficient
Essential Question - How have changes in technological innovations affected the society in which you live?
Overarching Idea - Sustaining and improving food production regionally and globally
Essential Question - What is the relationship between you, your community, and the world?
Overarching Idea - Sustainable power for human benefit
Essential Question - How do rates of energy source consumption and production affect the economy?
Overarching Idea - Improving our Quality of Life
Essential Question - How do you predict variability in an organism?
Overarching Idea - Preserving and Restoring our environment
Essential Question - How does society accurately use information to make decisions?
Overarching Idea - Adopting a sustainable quality lifestyle for ourselves and our posterity
Essential Question - How do actions affect the environment?