Harlem DNA Lab |
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Teacher Development in Genetics & Biotechnology
Offered by the Dolan DNA Learning Center in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education
Sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) are proud to announce a professional development program to enable teachers to deliver hands-on, inquiry-based experiments in genetics and biotechnology. With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, this program will reach 820 New York City science faculty over five years. The program will train 8th through 12th grade teachers to implement lab activities to complement the NYC Scope and Sequence, Life Science, Living Environment, and AP Biology curricula.
Complete Certificate Training in four 6-hour sessions and receive three P-credits. Select either of two lab sequences, which provide differentiated instruction for middle school, high school and AP Biology teachers. (Living Environment teachers may select either sequence, depending on their classroom needs.)
| 8th Gr. Science/ Living Environment • DNA Structure and Isolation • Variability& Inheritance • DNA Transformation & Protein Isolation • DNA Analysis & Forensics |
Living Environment/ AP Biology • DNA Transformation & Protein Isolation • DNA Analysis & Forensics • PCR and Human DNA Variation, Part I • PCR and Human DNA Variation, Part II |
Select from a variety of weekday and Saturday dates to complete your training during the 2008-09 school year. All training will take place at Harlem DNA Lab, a state-of-the-art laboratory facility located in the John S. Roberts Middle School at 120th Street and 1st Avenue.
(Click here for full descriptions of targeted labs.)
Training will provide conceptual context and connections to New York-based science research, lab planning and preparation, and classroom implementation. An online Lab Center accompanies each lab with pre- and post-lab activities, video interviews and animations, and a teacher portal to share lab write-ups and teaching tips. Participating schools can check out an equipment footlocker and reagent/supply kits that support each targeted experiment.
Leadership Training (60 hours) during the summer will provide follow-up and recognition to elite teachers who can implement advanced genetics, biotechnology, or research electives – or support the DOE's required 8th grade exit research projects. The workshop will sample molecular and genomic analysis in humans and in key model systems (E. coli, C. elegans, and plants).
Certificate and leadership training is provided by expert DNALC staff, and is offered free-of-charge to participating teachers. Professional development credit or stipend will be provided upon completion.
All training will take place in the Harlem DNA Lab, at 120th Street and 1st Avenue. To get on the mailing list, please call (516) 367-5170 or email dnalc@cshl.edu.
Supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jerome L. Greene Foundation, and The Goldman Sachs Foundation