Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Session leaves education in waiting (ABEC commentary)

[Source: Susan Carlson, Arizona Business & Education Coalition, cited in Phoenix Business Journal] — The Arizona Business & Education Coalition was eager to see substantial movement during this legislative session toward enacting key recommendations from the P-20 Council. Instead, it was a session of mostly lost opportunity, puzzling and sad news, a glimmer of success, […]

Arizona Science Center offers professional development opportunities

The Arizona Science Center at 600 W. Washington St. in downtown Phoenix, offers a variety of professional development opportunities for teachers, including: College courses; Science, inquiry, and curriculum workshops; Special events; and Teacher orientations (to help maximize your next field trip)

Student results show benefits of math and science partnerships

[Source: Science Daily] — While an earlier study tracked schools that began work in the first year of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Math and Science Partnership program (MSP), the most recent study followed more than 300 schools participating in partnerships that began to be funded during the program’s second year. Participating school districts found […]

PBS TeacherSource serves educators and learners

For more than 30 years, teachers have trusted PBS’s quality programming and educational services. Maintaining that trust is the foundation of PBS’s mission to serve educators and learners. In addition, PBS TeacherSource is grounded in several core principles: (1) Quality and Diversity, (2) Thoughtful Integration of Technology, (3) By Teachers, For Teachers, and (4) National […]

National study shows five fruits and vegetables a day are as good as it gets to prevent breast cancer recurrence

[Source: Donna Breckenridge, Arizona Cancer Center] – Over a period of approximately seven years, 479 Arizona breast cancer survivors participated in the largest national randomized clinical trial to assess the influence of diet on the recurrence of breast cancer. The Arizona Cancer Center is one of six institutions to enroll women in the multi-center Women

ASU’s ASSET empowers educators and students to achieve excellence through technology

Since 1983, ASSET — Arizona School Services through Educational Technology — has helped Arizona K-12 educators integrate technology into their classrooms. What began as an experiment to cost effectively distribute instructional video statewide, has grown into an organization that offers a broad array of services for educators. ASSET membership services include online and face-to-face professional […]

Levitus garners prestigious NSF award

[Source: Joseph Caspermeyer, Biodesign Institute] – The Biodesign Institute

Clues to future evolution of HIV come from African green monkeys

[Source: Science Daily]

Arizona Cancer Center announces formation of Skin Cancer Institute

[Source: Donna Breckenridge, Arizona Cancer Center] – The Arizona Cancer Center proudly announces the formal establishment of its Skin Cancer Institute, which was recently approved by University of Arizona officials. The mission of the new Institute is simple: to prevent and cure skin cancer in the state of Arizona. The Institute plans to accomplish this […]

Council for Biotechnology Information offers resources to teachers and students

The Council for Biotechnology Information, associated with BIO, the national trade association for the biotechnology industry, has a section on their Web site especially for teachers and students.