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- Bananas: A modern example of fungus destruction
- In Restoring the American chestnut, page 2
- Students will read an article about bananas and Panama disease. They will compare this disease with the blight that affects the American chestnut tree.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Shelley Casey.
- CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer
- In these lesson plans, students will act as CSI agents investigating the mysterious pathogen that caused the massive potato crop failure and resultant Great Famine of 1845 in Ireland.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Identifying a potato killer via
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 4
- In this lesson, students use DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction, and gel electrophoresis techniques to identify positive and negative leaf samples for the presence of the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Isolating a potato killer
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 2
- In this lesson, students use Koch’s postulates to demonstrate the causal relationship between microbe and disease by transmitting Phytophthora infestans from an infected potato tuber to a healthy potato specimen.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Profiling a potato killer
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 3
- In this lesson, students use internet resources to determine the factors behind the potato blight that led to the most destructive famine in human history. Students will use the scientific method and inquiry to determine how the pathogen spread over the world and learn some of the historical context surrounding this tragedy.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Restoring the American chestnut
- A blight devastated American chestnut trees in the early 1900s. In this unit students will study how biotechnology is being used to develop a blight-resistant tree. They will engage in hands-on activities to apply their knowledge of DNA and genetics to simulate the steps needed to find the genes for resistance and insert them into an American chestnut tree. Lessons are designed to be used for any level of biology and do not require high-tech equipment.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Tracking a potato killer: Using latitude and longitude to map the spread of P. infestans
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 1
- Students use latitude and longitude to follow the transmission of the plant pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of the Irish Potato Famine.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
