Curriculum Manuals

• For K–12 Educators

This curriculum manual explains the biomedical research process, the benefits of biomedical research to humans and animals and the care and use of animals in medical science.

The 300-page manual is filled with background information, handouts, lesson plans and activities to assist K–12 teachers.

• Addresses topics from "What is science?" to the processes and benefits of biomedical research.
• Highlights careers and ethical issues in medical science.
• Comes in three-ring binder format, with pages designed specifically for photocopying.
• Includes a tip sheet explaining which lessons and activities correspond with which grade levels.
• Includes a crosswalk matrix for Health Occupations teachers explaining how the manual corresponds to the National Health Care Skill Standards.
• Selected by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as the primary curriculum for its Biomedical Technology course.
• Continuously updated and expanded since 1994.

• For Middle and High School Educators

This 92-page supplemental curriculum manual focuses on the wide range of career prospects offered by the fast-growing field of biomanufacturing.

Since the manual was published, in 2006, NCABR has held numerous day-long professional development workshops to introduce North Carolina teachers to the curriculum. Workshops have been held at Biogen Idec, in Research Triangle Park; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, in Sanford; and North Carolina State University's Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, in Raleigh.

As part of a 2008 national science curriculum conference, NCABR also held a workshop that featured the manual for teachers from 24 states.

In all, more than 180 teachers have participated in a related workshop, and more than 500 copies of the manual have been distributed to teachers through Career Technical Education programs of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.