Workshop in Molecular Biology for Honors High School Teachers

本计划资助一个工作坊，以探索分子生物学的前沿，进行有可能被纳入普通高中生物课程的实验室活动，并讨论生物技术及其相关的科学社会问题。32名生物或化学中学教师将参加从1987年7月开始的为期五周的夏季讲习班。在这部分课程中，参与者将参加讲座，做实验室工作，参加由12个不同学科的教师举办的研讨会，听取来自制药和食品行业代表的客座讲座，并观察几家科学公司对适合在高中生物课程中使用的设备的演示。每周都会留出时间，让教师们聚在一起分享经验，寻找改进课程的方法。每个老师都要做一些可以在课堂上使用的实验。教师将被鼓励发表合适的实验。

This project funds a workshop to explore frontiers in molecular biology, to do laboratory activities that have high potential for inclusion in regular high school biology courses, and to discuss applications in biotechnology and their related science-based societal issues. Thirty-two secondary teachers of biology or chemistry will attend a five-week summer workshop beginning in July of 1987. During this segment of the program, participants will attend lectures, do laboratory work, participate in seminars given by faculty from 12 different disciplines, hear guest lectures by representatives from pharmaceutical and food industries, and observe demonstrations by several scientific companies of equipment suitable for use in high school biology curricula. Time is set aside each week for teachers to meet as a group to share experiences and to seek ways to improve course offerings. Each teacher will be expected to do laboratory experiments that can be used in the classroom. Teachers will be encouraged to publish suitable experiments.