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

该项目侧重于教师的学习部分以及随后在课堂上实施生物技术。项目工作人员的承诺，全国生物教师协会，EDVOTEK公司和学区在这方面是强大的，并且超出了赠款的生命周期，以使该项目在教育和经济上自给自足。每年将为来自公立和私立学校的中学生物和化学教师提供四套“迷你课程”，并结合国家，州和地区会议（如NABT， ACS）以及AP生物和化学培训计划等特殊课程。除了概念上的指导外，基本程序的“动手”经验也将被整合。教师离开时不仅会有做实际实验的经验，而且会有足够的材料开始在他们自己的课堂上实施。该项目以以前资助的项目为基础，这些项目在全国各地的几个地点提供为期四周的生物技术讲习班。这些项目选择了中学和大学的生物和化学教师，并与他们合作，这些教师有潜力成为其社区在实施和整合生物技术主题方面的领导者和导师教室和实验室。相当于NSF要求的80%的费用由NABT、EDVOTEK、乔治城大学和参与的学区提供。

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.