What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology is a way of using living things like plants, animals, and microorganisms to help people. Scientists use biotechnology to make new medicines, grow better fruits and vegetables, and protect the environment.
How Biotechnology Helps Plants and Animals
- Biotechnology can help plants grow stronger and resist diseases.
- It can also help animals stay healthy and grow bigger.
Examples of Biotechnology
Here are some fun examples of biotechnology:
- Using bacteria to clean up oil spills in the ocean.
- Making medicine from plants to help people feel better when they are sick.
- Growing fruits and vegetables that are resistant to pests and diseases.
Hands-On Activity
Let's do a simple experiment to understand biotechnology:
- Take a small potato and cut it into two pieces.
- Put one piece in a container with water and the other piece in a container with soil.
- Observe and record how each piece grows over a few weeks.
Discuss how the use of water and soil can help the potato grow, and relate it to how biotechnology can help plants grow better.
[Biotechnology] Related Worksheets and Study Guides:
.◂Science Worksheets and Study Guides Kindergarten. Living and Nonliving
The resources above cover the following skills:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE (NGSS)
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (NGSS)
Earth and Human Activity
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.