 Skip Navigation  10.1: Unit Overview and Content Focus
Difficulty Level: At Grade Created by: CK-12   This biology unit
was designed for two purposes. First, it integrates modeling and
simulation into lesson activities as a means to teach the
engineering design process to students. Second, it provides
students with the opportunity to apply previously mastered
biology content to real-world scenarios, while scaffolding in
specific content regarding the characteristics of microorganisms
and how they can help or hurt the environment and the other
organisms living therein. Each lesson can be used individually
when covering topics such as genetics, evolution,
classification, or microorganisms. Taken together, they form a
unit that can be used to emphasize the ModSim Model.  Unit Set-
up (can be read with students)  With the landing of the Space
Shuttle Atlantis on July 21, 2011, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) has officially retired the fabled
space shuttle program and has reached the end