Engaging Teachers with
Mechanobiology Education

Resources to help teach cell biology, biophysics, and
biomedical technologies

Access teacher-made classroom modules from participants in the summer research initiative for high school science teachers around the interdisciplinary research across the broad themes of mechanobiology.

Other resources are collected from across the Internet to provide educators with a variety of cell biology teaching resources.

Lesson Plans and Curricula

Big Ideas in Mechanobiology

Mark Hayden, Richard Staniec, Catherine Khella

Grade 9-11

Overview of the lesson plan measuring biomaterial properties and bacterial growth
Adjusting to Your Surroundings: An Inquiry-Based Learning Module to Teach Principles of Mechanobiology for Regenerative Medicine

Christopher Panebianco et al.

Cell Movement: Modeling DNA Damage(Updated June 2021)

Beth Hale

Jello as a Model of Liver Elasticity

Samuel White

Venus fly trap lesson plan

Zoe Nguyen

Modeling Cellular Adhesion with Velcro Lab

Devina Harnita

Bacteria Lab Activity

Susan Chan-Peter

Computational Modeling and Mechanobiology

Judith Odom

Mechanical Properties of Tissues

Richard Staniec

Characterizing Tissues

Richard Staniec

Cell Types: Project

Surinder Kaur

Cell Types: Yeast Reproduction

Surinder Kaur

Cell Types: Plant Stomata

Surinder Kaur

Cells Types: Practicum

Surinder Kaur

Motor Proteins Webquest

Christopher H. Sikich

Curriculum Materials: From TeachEngineering.org

Stress and Strain: Cancer Detection
Cell Membranes
Cells

Videos

New Video on Exosome Research
New Video on Exosome Research
What Is Mechanobiology?

What Is
Mechanobiology?

An Introduction to the CEMB
An Introduction to the CEMB

Content Videos from CEMB Faculty

Introduction to Cell Biology
Animal and Plant Cell Cytoskeleton: Dixit, 2020
Cellular Mechanics in Animal Cells
Animal Cell Adhesion: Pathak, 2020
Cellular Mechanics in Plant Cells
Artificial Matrices: Huebsch, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Animal Tissue
Basic Biochemistry and Mechanics: Janmey, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Extracellular Matrix: Genin, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Mechanotransduction: Haswell, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Microfluidics: Huh, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Nuclear Mechanobiology: Prosser, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Plant Cell Wall: Anderson and Braybrook, 2020
Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue
Quantitative Analysis of Forces: Carlsson, 2020

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Extracellular Matrix in Plant Tissue

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