A Model System for Enhancing Regional Awareness of Educational and Economic Opportunities in Biotechnology

该项目将改善俄克拉荷马州、堪萨斯州和密苏里州20名中小学生物教师的知识和教学背景。项目工作坊旨在提供：1)生物技术实验室实践练习的方法、材料和经验，以及2)最新的信息和材料。该项目将作为单独的为期四周的讲习班进行，每次为期两年。来自大学和工业环境的讲师，他们目前正在使用高科技生物学，将向与会者介绍生物学中最新发展的思想和方法。

This project will improve the knowledge and teaching backgrounds of 20 elementary and secondary teachers of biology in the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. The project workshop is intended to provide: 1) methods, materials, and experience for practical laboratory exercises in biotechnology, and 2) current information and materails. The project will be conducted as separate four-week workshops for each of two years. Lecturers from university and industrial settings who are currently using high-tech biology will present to the participants the newly- developed ideas and methodologies in biology.