Biotechnology Implementation Partnership: Biotechnology "Mini-Courses" for Teacher Training

本项目的重点是教师的学习部分以及随后在课堂上实施生物技术。项目工作人员、全国生物学教师协会、EDVOTEK公司和学区对此的承诺是强有力的，并超越了赠款的有效期，以便使这项计划在教育和财政上实现自给自足。每年将结合国家、州和地区会议(例如，NABT，以及AP生物和化学培训计划等特殊课程。除了概念中的指导外，还将整合基本程序中的“动手”经验。教师将不仅带着做过实际实验的经验离开，而且还会带着足够的材料在自己的教室里开始实施。这个项目建立在以前资助的项目的基础上，这些项目在全国各地的几个地点提供了为期四周的生物技术研讨会。这些项目挑选了来自中学和大学的生物和化学教师，并与他们合作，他们有潜力成为社区实施和整合生物技术的领导者和导师。课堂和实验室中的主题。NABT、EDVOTEK、乔治城大学和参与学区提供了相当于NSF申请的80%的费用分摊。

This project focuses on the learning component by teachers and subsequent implementation of Biotechnology in the classroom. The commitment of the project staff, the National Association of Biology Teachers, EDVOTEK Corporation and school districts toward that end is strong and extends beyond the life of the grant in order to make this a self-sufficient program educationally and financially. Four sets of "mini-courses" per year will be offered to secondary school teachers of biology and chemistry from both public and private schools in conjunction with national, state and regional meetings (e.g. NABT, ACS) as well as special courses such as AP biology and chemistry training program. In addition to the instruction in the concept, the "hands-on" experience in basic procedures will be integrated. Teachers will leave not only with the experience of having done the actual experiments, but with sufficient materials to begin the implementation in their own classrooms. This project builds on previously funded projects which offered four-week biotechnology workshops in several sites around the country. These projects selected and worked with biology and chemistry teachers from secondary schools and colleges who had the potential to become leaders and mentors in their communities in the implementation and integration of biotechnology topics in classroom and laboratories. Cost-sharing equivalent to 80% of the NSF request is provided by NABT, EDVOTEK, Georgetown University and participating school districts.