Bioscience
Science wows Manzanita crowd
[Source: Jeff Commings, Arizona Daily Star] — Erika Cook stood among a dozen of her classmates and marveled at the sight of nonfat dairy creamer bursting into flames. Like others around her, including the adults, she couldn’t quite describe watching a University of Arizona chemistry student pour the creamer directly into the flame of a […]ASU professor tapped for USDA genetics panel
[Source: Ty Young, Business Journal of Phoenix] — An Arizona State University professor has been appointed to a federal panel that will make recommendations about the future of genetically engineered agricultural products. Guy Cardineau from ASU’s Biodesign Institute and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns […]Report offers snapshot of Arizona high school bioscience programs
The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued “Building the Bioscience Pipeline,” a 28-page “snapshot” of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. The programs profiled in the report represent some of the most promising models for the advancement of high school bioscience education. “To remain competitive in a global economy, Arizona’s high school […]Report offers snapshot of Arizona high school bioscience programs
The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued "Building the Bioscience Pipeline," a 28-page "snapshot" of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. In addition to providing an overview, the report includes a number of recommendations to improve current programs and create new ones.
April 27 deadline to apply for Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams grants
Teams composed of high school students, teachers, and mentors have the opportunity to receive grants up to $10,000 to research and develop an invention. InvenTeams was launched in 2002 as a way to excite high school students about science, math, engineering, and entrepreneurship to inspire a new generation of inventors. Applications can be found on […]How math is taught in U.S. schools is under scrutiny; here’s what’s at stake
[Source: eSchool News] — In a downtown hotel in New Orleans in mid-January, nearly two dozen math experts from around the nation gathered to report on their progress toward recommendations that could shape the future of math instruction in U.S. schools for years to come. The occasion was the fifth of 10 scheduled meetings of […]Parents, teachers, kids speak up on ed tech
[Justin Appel, Assistant Editor, eSchool News] — For the second year in a row, students and teachers who responded to a national survey on educational technology expressed a strong desire for schools to focus more on the integration of technology and real-world problem solving into math and science classes. In addition, an overwhelming 97 percent […]Students from 40 Arizona schools compete at UA in math, science
[Source: Heidi Rowley, Tucson Citizen] — Six hundred students from Arizona gathered during the weekend to participate in science and math competitions ranging from launching bottle rockets to designing a roller coaster. Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Day is an annual event for middle and high school students to apply what they have learned in classes. […]Arizona ‘doing everything right,’ BIO chief says
Though not yet a major player in the biosciences, Arizona is “doing all of the right things” to attract industry and become a national force in the biosciences, said James C. Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the industry’s national trade association based in Washington, D.C. Greenwood was in town to […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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