Educator Workshops
We offer up-to-date teacher training through plant biology workshops and professional development for NYC teachers in genetics and biotechnology. With funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute we offer these free workshops to high school and college educators, especially those in the areas of genetics, biology, genomics, and bioinformatics.
| For High School Teachers | NYC Teacher Professional Development NYC Urban Barcode Project Teacher Training |
| For High School & College Educators |
Genomics in Education Workshop |
Check back frequently; additional workshops are listed as they are scheduled. (Brochures are PDF format and require Adobe Reader.)
... for High School Teachers
Go to Harlem DNA Lab for info and to apply.
NYC Teacher Professional Development at Harlem DNA Lab
This program will enable New York City teachers to deliver hands-on, inquiry-based experiments in genetics and biotechnology. With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 8th through 12th grade teachers are trained to implement lab activities to complement the NYC Scope and Sequence, Life Science, Living Environment, and AP Biology curricula.
Visit the Harlem DNA Lab site for more information: http://www.dnalc.org/harlemdnalab/
Go to Urban Barcode Project for info.
NYC Urban Barcode Project Teacher Training
The Urban Barcode Project is a science competition spanning the five boroughs of New York City made possible by funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Just as a unique pattern of bars in a universal product code identifies each item for sale in a store, a DNA barcode is a DNA sequence that uniquely identifies each species of living thing. As part of this workshop, high school teachers will be trained to lead student projects using DNA barcoding to explore biodiversity in NYC.
Visit the Urban Barcode Project site for more information: www.urbanbarcodeproject.org .
... for High School and College Educators
Genomics in Education Workshop
The iPlant Collaborative (iPlant) develops computational (cyber) infrastructure to provide researchers and educators access to the large datasets and informatics tools that drive modern biology. The free, 2-day Genomics in Education workshop introduces educational adaptations of iPlant discovery environments developed to support innovative curricula and exciting student research projects to prepare the scientists of the future. In addition, workshop participants will conduct a novel DNA barcoding lab, in which students identify plants by amplifying, sequencing and analyzing their DNA. Instruction and workshop materials, lunches and a stipend of $100, are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Further support for travel or other related expenses cannot be provided.
Genomics in Education focuses on DNA Subway, iPlant’s first educational discovery environment. DNA Subway was developed to make high-level genome analysis broadly available to students and educators. Annotating and comparing genome sequences can bring to life elements of gene structure, function, and evolution that previously could only be taught as abstractions. By assembling gene models, comparing genomes, constructing phylogenetic trees and analyzing DNA barcodes, DNA Subway users engage in their own learning as they acquire a range of conceptual and process knowledge and begin to grasp the challenges and promises of a data-driven, modern biology.
| For College Educators: | |
| March 27-28 , 2012 | Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
Additional workshop dates will be added as they become available.
