Bioscience
UA’s BIOTECH Project offers workshops, material loans, and (in Tucson) classroom visits
In 2005, the Arizona BIOTECH Project Resource Center worked with over 140 teachers and 6,000 students across Arizona — through professional development workshops, material and equipment loans, and classroom visits. The successful partnership will continue statewide through the workshops and material loans. Materials can only be distributed within Arizona, and classroom visits are restricted to […]HHMI offers fun science experiments for K-3 students
At “Cool Science for Curious Kids,” the Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology…on screen, off screen, and in between. The goal is simple: to help children appreciate science. HHMI looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then they adapted them for […]Are you watching know99’s Science Saturday?
Watch SCIENCE Saturdays on Phoenix’s know99 Television every Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm to learn about science. Click here for an alphabetical listing of Science programs that air on know99 Television and description about each series. Send us an e-mail to find out when your favorite series will air. know99 is are pleased […]Hispanic teens explore engineering at UA camp
[Source: Konstantinos Kalaitzidis, Tucson Citizen] — Daniel Ortiz, 15, glued together pieces of wood and paper to make a glider. The San Miguel High School incoming sophomore was one of 40 Hispanic students from around Pima County getting a sense of what it takes to be an engineer. SciTech 2020 math and science camp at […]Attention Arizona Biology/Chemistry teachers!
Did you ever want to be a researcher? There is an amazing opportunity awaiting you. Mesa Public Schools Biotech Academy, ASU Polytechnic, and the Biodesign Institute at ASU are the recipients of a grant from Science Foundation Arizona, designed to train high school teachers in Authentic Genomic Research Lab Skills and Techniques. This three year […]Valley team hopes to develop 1st preventive breast-cancer vaccine
[Source: Kate Nolan, The Arizona Republic] — An Arizona mission to invent the first preventive cancer vaccine is being armed by the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Stephen Johnston won a five-year, $7.5 million “Innovator Award” from the Defense Department’s Breast Cancer Research Program, according to an announcement planned today by Arizona State University’s Biodesign […]Measuring up: Industry pros discuss the state of the Valley’s education system
The Phoenix Business Journal’s editorial board is hosting a series of roundtables to discuss and debate issues affecting various industries. On June 14, local educators and education experts were invited to tackle a variety of topics related to the educational system in Arizona. Roundtable participants included Susan Carlson (executive director, Arizona Business and Education Coalition), […]Course outline for Basha High’s new Introduction to Biotechnology
[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — Basha High science teacher Sharon New is learning about the latest scientific research during her summer internship at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. The experience has helped her develop a high school class, Introduction to Biotechnology, which students will be able to take for college credit. Here […]BioME brings science to Tucson schools
[Source: La Monica Everett-Haynes, Tucson Citizen] — Alexis Delbridge knows her students need science instruction that’s exciting and interesting. But the Lynn/Urquides Elementary School teacher has found it difficult to teach science that way in her classroom. When school begins next month, Delbridge will have an expert on hand to help: Jennifer Jandt, a University […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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