Marine Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

海洋生物技术和生物信息学项目是圣何塞州立大学、位于蒙特利湾的加州州立大学(CSUMB)和莫斯·兰丁海洋实验室之间的合作，目的是将生物技术和生物信息学纳入初中和高中生物学的教与学。在国家科学基金会资助的一个试点项目的基础上，该项目扩大到包括更多的学校和代表性不足的社区、新的多媒体教材、重新设计的专业发展、行业参与和加强伙伴关系。该项目服务于初中和高中阶段的学校，涉及60名教师和45名学生，最终将在项目结束前间接惠及约6,000名学生。课程内容包括为期三周的暑期工作坊、学年期间的六次后续会议、教师指导、课程发展和网络直播职业系列。暑假期间，学生和教师利用生物技术和生物信息学进行海洋科学研究实验。通过数据生成(生物技术)和数据分析(生物信息学)，将调查与特定海洋生物有关的科学问题。以课例研究为载体，将课例设计与研究循环活动同步进行。初中生和高中生在暑期课程的最后一周加入老师的行列，参加老师开发的课程。课程修改和改进将在最后一周和学年后续会议期间继续进行。无线网络广播将提供额外的教师支持，而学生每月的网络广播将包括与生物信息学和生物技术专家的互动讨论。在合作机构学习信息技术、生物信息学和生物技术的本科生和研究生将担任教学助理，并为网络广播提供技术支持。

The Marine Biotechnology and Bioinformatics project represents a collaboration between San Jose State University, California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories to incorporate biotechnology and bioinformatics into the teaching and learning of biology at the middle and high school levels. Based on an NSF-funded pilot, the project has expanded to include additional schools and underrepresented communities, new multi-media instructional materials, redesigned professional development, industry involvement and enhanced partnerships. Serving schools at the middle and high school levels, the project involves 60 teachers and 45 students, and will ultimately reach approximately 6,000 students indirectly by project end. Program components include a three-week summer workshop, six follow-up meetings during the school year, teacher mentoring, lesson development and a web-cast career series. During the summer students and teachers conduct marine science research experiments using biotechnology and bioinformatics. Through data generation (biotechnology) and data analysis (bioinformatics), scientific questions related to a specific marine organism will be investigated. Using the vehicle of lesson study, lesson design will occur concurrently with research cycle activities. Middle and high school students join teachers during the final week of the summer session to participate in the lessons developed by teachers. Lesson modification and refinement will continue the final week and during the school year follow-up sessions. Wireless web casts will provide additional teacher support, while monthly web casts for students will feature interactive discussions with bioinformatics and biotechnology experts. Undergraduate and graduate students at the partnering institutions who are studying IT, bioinformatics and biotechnology will serve as teaching assistants and will also provide technical support for the web casts.