Title: Demonstrate the use of biotechnology to restore or remediate contaminated environments.
Course: Biotechnology Foundations in Technology Education (21999) > Section: Applying Biotechnology to the Environment

Demonstration should include

- a description of bioremediation (i.e., the use of living organisms or their products to degrade waste into less toxic or nontoxic products)
- a description of biorestoration (i.e., the use of living organisms or their products to return an environment to its original state)
- the use of the engineering design process
- a portfolio, drawings, prototype, and presentation of a biorestoration system.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between bioremediation and biorestoration?
- What types of environmental contamination can be rectified using bioremediation?
- What design constraints are encountered in the design of either a biorestoration or bioremediation system?
- What techniques are used to assess the effectiveness of biorestoration or bioremediation systems?
- How does the current public perception affect the use of biotechnology for bioremediation or biorestoration?
- What are examples of bioremediation systems?
- What are some circumstances when one system may be chosen over the other?
- How can a bioremediation system positively and/or negatively affect the environment?
- What are examples of biorestoration systems?
- Why is biorestoration considered a biotechnology?
- What biological processes are involved in biorestoration?
- Why is it necessary to understand the biological processes involved when designing biorestoration systems?