Biotechnology Workshop for Teachers

“教师生物技术研讨会”将为60名生物、化学和普通科学的大学预科教师提供一个学习生物技术在过去十年发展的基本原理的机会。具体来说，这将建立参与教师在生物技术领域的信心，通过“动手”的实验室参与来更新他们的知识，提供开发实验室/讲座材料的机会，并学习使用专门准备的分子生物学工具包，这些工具包将提供给他们的高中学生。为期六周的夏季研讨会将在乔治城大学举行，其中包括独立研究和非正式讨论数据分析和实验设计的机会。该项目的长期目标是首先在华盛顿特区50英里半径范围内开始培训60名高中教师，然后将该计划扩展到更广泛的地区，以产生更广泛的影响。另一个主要目标是与私营工业一起开发对研究生物技术领域至关重要的必要试剂。有希望在各自的学校系统中成为催化焦点，并有能力将这些材料纳入教室和学区的教师将被选中参加本次研讨会。教官的跟进和评估程序将继续为教师在课堂上和他们作为资源人的角色提供帮助。

The "Biotechnology Workshop for Teachers" will provide 60 biology, chemistry and general science precollege teachers an opportunity to study the basic principles of biotechnology as developed in the past ten years. Specifically this will build the confidence of the participant teachers in the area of biotechnology by updating their knowledge through "hands-on" laboratory participation, providing opportunities to develop laboratory/lecture materials, and learning to use specially prepared molecular biology kits that will be made available to their high school students. The six-week summer workshop will be held at Georgetown University and will include opportunities for independent research and informal discussions on data analysis and experimental design. The long term goals of this project are first to initiate the training of 60 high school teachers within a 50-mile radius of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area and later to expand this program over a wider area for a broader impact. Another major goal is to develop, in conjunction with private industry, the necessary reagents critical to study areas of biotechnology. Teachers who show promise of being catalytic focal points in their respective school systems and of having the skills to incorporate the materials in the classrooms and school districts will be selected for this workshop. Follow-up and evaluation procedures by the PI will continue to provide help for the teachers within their classrooms and in their roles as resource persons.