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Biotechnology Activity Sheet

Quarter 2 - MELC 8
Week 8
Biotechnology: Improvement
of Certain Techniques

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Biotechnology
Activity Sheet No. 8 - Biotechnology: Improvement of Certain Techniques
First Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
Welcome to Biotechnology!

This Learning Activity Sheet is a product of the collaborative efforts of

the Schools Division of Silay City and DepEd Regional Office VI- Western
Visayas through the Curriculum Learning Management Division (CLMD).
This is developed to guide the learning facilitators (teachers, parents and
responsible adults) in helping the learners to meet the standards set by the
K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum.

This Learning Activity Sheet is self-directed instructional materials

aimed to guide the learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace
and time using the contextualized resources in the community. This will
also assist the learners in acquiring the lifelong learning skills, knowledge
and attitudes for productivity and employment.

For learning facilitator:

The Biotechnology Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the

teaching-learning activities specified in each Most Essential Learning
Competency (MELC) with minimal or no face-to-face encounter between you
and learner. This will be made available to the learners with the
reference/links to ease the independent learning.

For the learner:

The Biotechnology Activity Sheet is developed to helped you continue

learning even if you are not in school. This learning material provides with
meaningful and engaging activities for independent learning. Being an
active learner, carefully read and understand the instructions then perform
the activities and answer the assessmentsts. This will be returned to your
facilitator on the agreed schedule.
Name of Learner: __________________________________________________________
Grade and Section: _______________________________ Date: __________________

BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY SHEET No. 8

Biotechnology: Improvement of Certain Techniques

I. Learning Competency
Explain how biotechnology can be used in improving certain techniques or
practices in developing beneficial products.

II. Background Information for Learners

Biotechnology is a field that merges concepts from biology with concepts of

technology. It is broken down into four separate disciplines that are often
represented by specific colors: red, white, blue, and green. These colors
represent medical processes, industrial processes, marine processes, and
agricultural processes respectively (Gaille, 2017).

The primary benefit that biotechnology can give is advancement. To boost

yield, flavor, size, and color of their harvests, early pioneers in this industry
utilized information about numerous plant species to generate cross-breeding
chances. Biotechnology experts today are doing the same thing, but on a far
greater scale, thanks to technological advances in the twentieth and twenty-
first centuries.

This learning activity will help you explain how biotechnology can be used
in improving certain techniques or practices in developing beneficial products.

III. Activity
Activity: READ and LEARN!
Directions: Read the article by Sang Yup Lee and complete the table that follows.

Experts on the World Economic Forum’s Council on Biotechnology have selected 10

developments which they believe could help not only meet the rapidly growing demand
for energy, food and healthcare, but also increase productivity and create new jobs,
should issues such as regulatory certainty, public perception and investment be tackled
successfully. In this blog post, the council members make their case for each of these
technologies and highlight their potential benefits. Five out of ten developments were
presented below.

1. Bioproduction of sustainable chemicals, energy and other materials.

Over the past 100 years, humans have depleted about half the world’s known
reserves of fossil fuels. These reserves, which took more than 600 million years
to accumulate, are non-renewable, and their extraction, refining and burning
are a major cause of greenhouse gases and the warming of the planet. One of
the most promising hopes in the sustainability field is artificial biosynthesis, a
process whereby living organisms, such as bacteria, fungus or plants, are used
to create fuels, chemicals and other materials.
2. Genetically modified crops to increase sustainable food production
The continuing increase in our numbers and affluence are posing growing
challenges to the ability of humanity to produce adequate food and animal feed,
as well as meet the new demands for biofuel.

3. Seawater bioprocesses to produce fuel and chemicals

More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by seawater, and it is the most
abundant water source available on the planet, but we are only starting to tap
its potential. For instance, new bioprocesses can turn some types of seaweed
grown in the oceans into biofuels, potentially providing an energy solution to
countries that lack arable land and access to freshwater. Additionally, bacteria
and microalgae that live and grow in seawater can be engineered to grow more
efficiently and be used to produce chemicals, fuels and polymeric materials.

4. Zero-waste bio-processing

Environmentalists have long dreamed of a zero-waste society and new bio-

processing techniques could help to make this a reality. Biorefineries – facilities
that integrate biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuel,
power,
heat and value-added chemicals from biomass – can turn industrial waste
streams
into chemicals and fuels, thereby closing the production loop. Recent advances
include using less-costly inputs in the bio-process, such as carbon dioxide,
methane and waste heat. Other advances are also simplifying the waste streams,
reducing their toxicity and moving society closer to the goal of zero waste.

5. Rapid and precise development and manufacturing of medicine and

vaccines

The ability of therapeutics and vaccines to treat and prevent diseases has been
well documented. Biotechnology has been central to these advances,
progressively offering the ability to make more complicated medicines and
vaccines, opening up the treatment and prevention of a broader set of diseases.
The leading edge of biotechnology is now offering the potential to rapidly
produce therapeutics and vaccines against virtually any target. These
technologies – including messenger therapeutics to stimulate the body’s natural
ability to produce therapeutic proteins; targeted immunotherapies to boost or
restore the ability of the immune system to fight diseases by targeting specific
cells; conjugated nanoparticles, which combine antibodies and nanoparticles –
have already produced potential treatments with substantial promise to improve
human health globally.

Based on the readings above, choose one development and explain how
Biotechnology improved the chosen technique.
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IV. Reflection

Complete the statement below.

I have learned that Biotechnology improved certain techniques and practice
which can help us in a way that____________________________________________
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V. Answer Key

better.
practice which can help us in a way that it makes our life easier and
I have learned that Biotechnology improved certain techniques and

access freshwater.
energy solution to countries that lack suitable land for growing crops but can
New bioprocesses turn types of seaweed grown into biofuel, providing an
chemicals
Chosen Development: Seawater Bioprocesses to produce fuel and

ACTIVITY

VI. Links and/or Other References

Google. “www.weforum.org” Accessed November 16, 2021

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2013/02/how-could-biotechnology-
improve-your-life

Google. “www. vittana.org.” Accessed November 22, 2021

https://vittana.org/11-biotechnology-pros-and-cons

Google. “www. eurekalert.org” Accessed November 22, 2021

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/709523