Teacher Resource Lesson Plans

The activities presented here are the result of work performed by participants in the STARS Summer Research Program for Teachers. The lesson plans vary in scope and level of applicability. These activities have not been field-tested and are presented here in a draft format. Therefore, it is suggested that each teacher use their own careful professional judgment regarding the use of these lesson plans in the classroom. The STARS Program and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center assume no responsibility for the content of these activities.

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Anatomy & Physiology

• The 'Bare Bones' of Histology (A&P)
  Trina Hughes, Trinity High School, Euless, Texas
• Blood Separation by Centrifugation (LS, H)
  Jim Holland, Nichols Junior High School, Arlington, Texas
• The Bold and the Beautiful (According to Plastic Surgeons). (A&P, B1)
  Cynara Parris, Tyler Street Christian Academy, Dallas, Texas
• Brain Pathology - What Went Wrong? (A&P, B2)
  Alan Cotten, Carroll High School, Southlake, Texas
• Chemistry for Life (LS, H, C1)
  Yolanda Blackshear, North Mesquite High School, Mesquite, Texas
• Determination of Oxygen Use During Exercise (B2, AP)
  Barrett A. Ide; The Greenhill School, Addison, Texas
• Measurement of Respiratory Rate and Volume (A&P, B2)
  Dean Gladden, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas
• The Mechanics of Breathing (LS, H, B1)
  C. Lorraine Thompson, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Dallas, Texas
• Metabolic Calculation (Energy Sources) (LS)
  Joe F. Coronado, Memorial Middle School, Laredo, Texas
• Modeling a Metabolic Pathway of the Human Brain (C1, C2, B2, A&P)
  David O. Fallert, Lincoln Humanities/Communications High School, Dallas, Texas
• Perception: Do You Know Where You Are? (B1, AP)
  Judy Bullard; Crowley High School, Crowley, Texas

Biology/Chemistry/IPC

• Chicken Embryology (A&P, B1)
  Brian Vincer, Dowell Middle School, McKinney, Texas
• Investigating Fermentation by Making Root Beer (B1, B2)
  Aurora Everett, Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas
• Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me! (C2, B2)
  Kathleen A. Hall, Liberty Christian School, Argyle, Texas
• Superman Sparks Search for Super-neurons (IPC, B1)
  Sandy Eberle, Central Junior High School, Euless, Texas
•  What’s The Fuss About Fission (The Role of Nuclear Reactions in Our Lives)
  Elliot Charles, Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas

Chemistry

• Chemical Reactions
  Brian Torres, South Garland High School, Garland, Texas
• Density & Diffusion
  Vickie Reed, Lincoln High School, Dallas, Texas
• Explorations in Natural Products Chemistry
  Carol Smith, Van Alstyne High School, An Alstyne, Texas
• Faster Than a Speeding Solvent
  Carlene Winkles, Azle High School, Azle, Texas
• From Proteins to Crystals (C2, B2) 
  Rick Belmares, Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Texas
• Hydrated Crystals (C1)
  Ricardo Belmares, Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Texas
• Interactive pH Lab: Histological Stain Using Hema 3 Stain Set
  Lorene Sandifer; Seagoville High School, Dallas, Texas
• More Isn’t Always Better (Sometimes, It’s Just More) (C1)
  Paula Rilling, Berkner High School, Richardson, Texas
• Physical & Chemical Changes
  Israel Iyoke, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
• Radioactive Isotopes and Tumor Growth
  Nina Mai; H. Grady Spruce High School, Dallas, Texas
• Separated By Chemistry Activity (C2)
  Rebeca Masdon-Mercado, Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas
• Why Does Milk Do A Body Good? (C1, B1, B2, A&P)
  Jennifer Bernabo, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas

Life Science

• Bio-Tech Kids Carnival (LS)
  Sharla Riddle, Stripling Middle School, Fort Worth, Texas
• Brain Gain - Dendrite Dreams or Reality (LS)
  Kristi Phillips, Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville, Texas
• Cell Your Protocol (LS)
  Bruce Boehne, Zion Lutheran School, Dallas, Texas
• Crime Lab Genotyping (LS)
  Nate Dunn, Cross Timbers Middle School, Grapevine, Texas
• Sending Signals (LS)
  Mark A. Johnson, Thomas J. Rusk Middle School, Dallas, Texas
• Spread It Around (LS)
  Jennifer Sutton, Collins Middle School, Corsicana, Texas
• The Liver World (LS, B1)
  Jennifer Orahood, Providence Christian School, Dallas, Texas

Life Science/Biology

• "Glowing" Bacteria
  Aime Bonelli-Torres, South Garland High School, Garland, Texas
• Amaizeing Genetics (LS)
  Natalie Davis, O.W. Holmes Middle School, Dallas, Texas
• Cellular Warfare-Wanted Dead, Not Alive
  Keri McCarty, Hurst Junior High School, Hurst, Texas
• Clearing the Path (B1)
  Ame Barrier, Sachse High School, Sachse, Texas
• Colors-The Real Life Application of Chemiluminescence
  Tray Wall, Trinity Springs Middle School, Keller, Texas
• Contamination
  Marissa Church,Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Fort Worth, Texas
• Designed Demise (B1)
  Rebecca Jinks, Keller High School, Keller, Texas
• Did That Kreb’s Cycle Just Eat My Isotope?
  Aaron Anderson, Alex W. Spence Middle School. Dallas, Texas
• DNA Necklaces and Gene Therapy Lab
  Scott Sharp, Rockwall-Heath High School, Heath, Texas
• Drosophila melanogaster Stock Rebuilding
  Andrew Benagh, Townview Magnet Center, Dallas, Texas
• Enzymes Scissor Hands: Making the Cut to Become a Clone
  Jokasta Maldonado, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
• Enzyme Tag
  Bryan Bolster; Bryan Adams High School, Dallas. Texas
• Fluorescent Proteins: We'll Keep the Light on For You (LS)
  Benjamin Cruz, Inspired Vision Academy Campus 2, Mesquite, Texas
• Genetic Variations of the Human Genome
  Mary Byas, Peak Advantage Preparatory School, Dallas, Texas
• Genetics is "Fly" (LS)
  Ken Mitchell, Boyd Middle School, Boyd, Texas
• Genetics Next Top Model: Knock Out Mice
  Charlene Masch, de Zavala Middle School, Irving, Texas
• Genotyping Mice Using Gel Electrophoresis: Catching Criminals with DNA Fingerprinting
  Joe Kaski, Crockett Middle School, Irving, Texas
• Genotyping PCR (What’s In Your DNA?) (B1, B2)
  Constance Adamu, Carter High School, Dallas, Texas
• HeLa What? HeLa Who? THe Visualization of Normal & Tumor Cells
  Lynee O'Connor, Kimball High School, Dallas, Texas;
• Histology: Making Structures Visible
  Adam Jacobson, Wylie High School, Dallas, Texas
• I’ve Got A Stain (B1)
  Carrie Galvan, Berkner High School, Richardson, Texas
• Intermingling Cycles
  Elizabeth Freeman, Westwood Junior High School, Richardson, Texas
• Killer Proteins! A Bactericidal Assay to Study the Role of Complement in Killing Bacteria
  John Long, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas
• Making "Friends" with DNA: Understanding Polymerase Chain Reactions (LS, B1, HST)
  Marguerite Bagwell, Alvin High School, Alvin, Texas
• Of Mice and Men: Inside the Heart (LS, B1)
  Tony Dickensheets, G.B. Dealey International Academy, Dallas, Texas
• Paperclip Lab (LS)
  Tiffany Kiser, Ford Middle School, Allen, Texas
• Pediatric Pulmonology
  Adam Jacobson, Wylie High School, Wylie, Texas
• Physical & Chemical Changes
  Israel Iyoke, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
• Please Hand Me A Tissue
  Patricia Dailey, Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas
• Put Your Thinking Caps On
  Rudy Hikel, Little Elm High School, Little Elm, Texas
• Recipe for Engineering a Biological Factory for Insulin Production
  Marta Petrash, Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas
• Reporting in-vivo; Live from the Tumor
  Bibiana Mendez, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
• Search And Translate (B1)
  Dusty Vincer, Williams High School, Plano, Texas
• Sea Urchin Reproduction Lab
  Brook Varner, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas
• Suturing Skin & Suture Strength (LS)
  Heather Skelton, Ferguson Jr. High School, Arlington, Texas
• Titration of an Amino Acid (LS, B1)
  Julia Lawrence, Cedar Hill 9th Grade Center, Cedar Hill, Texas
• To B-Cell or Not to B-Cell?
  Keivon Spencer, Townview School of Science & Engineering , Dallas, Texas
• Train Your Genes
  Kamilah Crouch, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
• Understanding the Effects of Exercise on the Human Body: "A Walk in the Park" (LS)
  Randall Harris, Grapevine Middle School, Grapevine, Texas
• What do Your Taste Buds Say?
  Lisa Keaveney, Adamson High School, Dallas, Texas
• What's the Buzz About? (B1, B2)
  Tabitha Gaudet, Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, Texas
• Where Do We “Glow” From Here? (B2, C2)
  Ame Barrier, Sachse High School, Sachse, Texas
• Who's Been Lumin' Around?
  Cathy Douglas, Coppell Middle School West, Coppell, Texas

Math

• HeLa Cells? But We Are Geometry! (Algebra, Geometry)
  April Cordry-Moore, Cedar Hill High School, Cedar Hill, Texas

Microbiology

• Are You the Same Bud? (B1, B2) 
  Charlene Cole, Tarrant County College, Ft. Worth, Texas
• Cell Staining Simulation (LS, B1)
  Amy C. Richarme, Keller Middle School, Keller, Texas
• Grid-Work - Making It Count (B1, B2, ES)
  Ann Holochwost; North Mesquite High School, Mesquite, Texas
• Is There A Fungus Among Us? (B1, B2)
  Melissa Ann Wootton, Red Oak High School, Red Oak, Texas
• King of the Hill (B1, B2)
  Jamie McNeill, Azle High School, Azle, Texas
  Check Out Jamie's Summer Research Project Presentation
• Population Dynamics.
  Susan Erwin, Richland High School, North Richland Hills, Texas
• Testing the Effectiveness of Antimicrobials. (B1, LS)
  Ann Olson; Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas
• Them vs. Us: The Microbe / Human Arms Race (LS) 
  JD Stumpf, Byrd Middle School, Duncanville, Texas

Microbiology/Molecular Biology/Genetics

• Array of Hope: DNA Chips (B1, B2)
  Gerry Paine, Southwest High School, San Antonio, Texas
• Bacteria: To Grow…or Not to Grow (B1, LS)
  Elizabeth J. Mogilnicki, Quintanilla Middle School, Dallas, Texas
• Cellular Census (B1, B2)
  Kathryn Garcia Bradfield, Sam Houston High School, Arlington, Texas
• Getting Your All With A Micropipet (LS, B1)
  Roxanna Gaona, Laredo ISD Health Science Magnet School, Laredo, Texas
• Much Ado About Chromosomes (B1, B2)
  Jamie McNeill, Azle High School, Azle, Texas
• On the Same Level (B1)
  Pamela Bissic, Hillcrest High School, Dallas, Texas
• To Catch a Killer (B1, B2)
  Elizabeth Walenta, Irving High School, Irving, Texas
• Using Simulated Restriction Enzymes & Chromatography to Screen for Mutations in DNA Sequence (LS, B1)
  Mike Kneafsey, North Oaks Middle School, Haltom City, Texas

Molecular Biology

• "Fishing" for Physiological Effects of Drug Abuse (B1, B2)
  Keishar Dewberry, Talented & Gifted Magnet High School, Dallas, Texas
• Diagnosing Factors of Autoimmune Disease (B1)
  Nicole McCoy, Dr. John D. Horn High School, Mesquite, Texas
• It's Like Playing Legoes in the Dark (B1)
  Jason Shackelford, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, Texas

Molecular Biology/Genetics

• Cloning: Using bacteria to replicate DNA (B2)
  Kellye M. Levassseur; Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Texas
• Disease Diagnosis Using Radioactive Labeling of Chromosomes (LS, B1)
  Josh Dyniewski; Blalack Middle School; Carrollton, Texas
• DNA Manipulation and Micro-injection (B1, B2)
  Ricky G. Stover; Lewisville High School (North), Lewisville, Texas
• DNA Purification (B2)
  Douglas Seglam, Frisco High School, Frisco, Texas
• Flying Genetics (LS) 
  Kara Durham, Staley Middle School, Frisco, Texas
• Forensic FUNdamentals: DNA Detectives In The Classroom (LS)
  Kristi Morrison, Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville, Texas
• How Does Your Genotype Gel? (B1)
  Annette J. Moran, Richardson North Junior High School, Richardson, Texas
• How far apart are those genes? (B2)
  P. Blake Sills, Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas
• Isolating an Unknown Protein (B1, B2)
  Sherry Stewart, Mildred High School, Corsicana, Texas
• Let's Get Carried Array (B1)
  Greg Park, New Diana High School, Diana, Texas
• Let's Look at Animal Cells (B1, B2) 
  Kim Wright, The Winston School, Dallas, Texas
• Microarrays Send False Treatments Away (B1, B2)
  Roxanna A.Gaona; Laredo I.S.D. Health Science Magnet School, Laredo, Texas
• Mutation Alienation (LS)
  Graham Gadd, Ford Middle School, Allen, Texas
• PCR in the Classroom (B1, B2)
  Rolando Garcia, St, John School, Ennis, Texas
• Perfecting a Protocol for Extracting DNA (LS, B1) 
  Lara Isbell, McMath Middle School, Denton, Texas
• Polymerase Chain Reaction of P and F1 Drosophila Generations: Wild-type and Wingless Phenotypes and Genotypes (B2)
  Leslie Brennan, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas
• Restriction Digestion and Analysis of Lambda DNA. (B1, B2)
  Ginnie Bucek, Martin High School, Arlington, Texas
• Simulated Polymerase Chain Reaction and Gel Electrophoresis (B1)
  Leslie Brennan, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas
• The "Growing" Importance of Protein Expression in Virology (B2)
  Linda Bourland, Weatherford High School, Weatherford, Texas
• The Genetics of Drosophila melanogaster (B1, B2)
  Vashunda R. Williams, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, Texas
• The Great American Game: Lou Gehrig & ALS (B1,B2, LS)
  Jerry Grizzle, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
• The Human Genome Project: Sequencing DNA to Decifer a Mystery (B1)
  Myrta Malpica, Townview Magnet Center, Dallas, Texas
• The Molecules of Life (B2, C2)
  Melinda Coogan, Lewisville High School, Lewisville, Texas
• The Third Dimension (LS) 
  Johnny McKenzie, Forest Oak Middle School, Ft. Worth, Texas
• Using a Pedigree to Determine Risk of Developing Genetic Breast Cancer. (B1, H)
  Barry Dorociak, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, Texas
• Western Blots-The Magical Antibody Assay (LS)
  Jason Mayberry, Carroll Middle School, Carroll, Texas

Pathophysiology

Physical Sciences

• Crystal Growing Lab (IPC, ES)
  Susan Brown, North Mesquite High School, Mesquite, Texas
• Determination of Oxygen Use During Exercise (B2, AP)
  Barrett A. Ide; The Greenhill School, Addison, Texas
• Imagining a Three-dimensional Image (A&P, B1)
  Cheryl Capehart; Skyline Center, Dallas, Texas
• Inquiry-based Understanding of Chromatography Using a  Paper Chromatography Model. (IPC, C1)
  Althea Dampier, Nimitz High School, Irving, Texas
• Liquid Chromatography Model. (B1, B2, C1, IPC)
  Dean Gladden; Jasper High School, Plano, Texas
• Liquid Chromatography (C2)
  Malcolm Hernandez, Lexington Academy, Dallas, Texas
• Perception: Do You Know Where You Are? (B1, AP)
  Judy Bullard; Crowley High School, Crowley, Texas

Physics

• "Parachuting" Through a Gel (P)
  Christian Gehman, Lamar High School, Arlington, Texas
• Discovering Spectrometry (P)
  Lance Dewey, Trinity High School, Euless, Texas
• Electrifying Connections (P2, C2)
  Kirsten Lindsay, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas
• Electronic Circuit Discovery (P2)
  Dawn Reffner, Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, Texas
• Living On The Fringe (P)
  Anthony Chavez, Frisco High School, Frisco, Texas
• PHASER (P2)
  Special Insert by Richard Taylor, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas