BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PROGRAM

Project Lead The Way

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What is muscle fatigue? How are we able to overcome muscle fatigue? Activity: Mind Over Muscle

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Experience a PLTW classroom

Where students learn content in context through: •  Case-based scenarios •  Hands-on learning

•  Activities, projects, and problems

•  Real world application •  Open-ended problems

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Teacher serves as facilitator, student is director of learning…

… and the classroom becomes a collaboration space

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Meet Anna Garcia

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Biomedical Sciences Course Sequence

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Principles  of  the  

Biomedical  Sciences  (PBS)  

Human  Body  Systems  (HBS)  

Medical  Interven<ons  

(MI)  

CAPSTONE:  Biomedical  Innova<on  

(BI)  

Units

1.  The Mystery

2.  Diabetes

3.  Sickle Cell Disease

4.  Heart Disease

5.  Infectious Disease

6.  Post Mortem

Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PBS)

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PBS Unit One: The Mystery Activities and Projects

Case Evidence •  Crime Scene Sketch •  Persons of Interest •  Anna Garcia Case Report •  Anna Garcia Food Diary •  Anna Garcia Nutrient Analysis

Resource Sheet •  Anna Garcia Heart Attack Risk

Assessment Report •  Anna Garcia Cause of Death

Organizer

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“The new PBS curriculum truly immersed my students into the medical world. At every turn, they were playing the role of a medical professional in order to help diagnose and treat their patient, Anna Garcia. Centering the curriculum around Anna was a stroke of genius, as it kept my students engaged from one activity to the next.” “When other classrooms were still going through classroom procedures and textbook scavenger hunts, my PBS kids were designing experiments to analyze blood spatter patterns and solving crime scene mystery through the process of DNA gel electrophoresis. This new PBS sets the tone early that we’re here to do and learn and produce.”

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What teachers say about PBS

Human Body Systems (HBS)

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Units

1.  Identity

2.  Communication

3.  Power

4.  Movement

5.  Protection

6.  Homeostasis

Medical Interventions (MI)

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Units

1.  How to Fight Infection

2.  How to Screen What is in Your Genes

3.  How to Conquer Cancer

4.  How to Prevail When Organs Fail

Biomedical Innovation (BI) Capstone

Sample problems include Designing an effective ER - 24 days

Design of a medical innovation - 16 days

Combat a public health issue -18 days

Forensic Autopsy -12 days

Independent project - 23+ days

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High-quality professional development for teachers

•  Three phases: – Readiness training

– Core training

– Ongoing training

•  Conducted in partnership with colleges/universities and industry across the country.

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