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Printable Application
Are your students ready to learn some basic lab techniques used in the field of biotechnology? The best way to learn about biotech applications is to actually do the science instead of just reading about it.
Many teachers are unable to provide this experience to their students for two reasons:
- they have never done this and do not feel comfortable with the techniques and equipment; or
- they do not have the necessary materials and equipment.
These workshop will address both of those barriers by providing teachers the opportunity to transform bacteria, digest DNA with restriction enzymes, and perform gel electrophoresis in order to separate DNA fragments. Teachers will also have a chance to do PCR amplification to analyze their own DNA for Alu repeats. Teachers will tour labs and experimental fields where this research is being conducted. To make this experience even more powerful, teachers will learn these techniques contextually through biotech applications in agriculture from Tennessee State University researchers and in forensics from crime scene investigators. Teachers will leave the workshop with a kit they can take back to their classroom in order to repeat most of the lab activities.
Related Areas Include:
- Agriculture
- Biology
- Life Science
- Nutrition
- Health Science
- Family and Consumer Science
- Technology Engineering Education
Grade Levels:
- Middle School Teachers
- High School Teachers
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Each one-week session includes the following:
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5 days of instruction, labs, and field trips
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Travel reimbursement for all participants and lodging plus per-diem for out-of-town participants staying in a local hotel
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Up to $200 in biotech lab supplies, including a CD-ROM with PowerPoint presentations from the workshop
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Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) earned jointly from TSU & the Tennessee State Department of Education
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Partnerships:
Please email Jeff Hazelton (jeff@dragonflyenterprises.org)
for any additional information you may need about the
workshop.
See what happened last summer during the introductory class
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