Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Arizona Science Center hosts Content, Standards, and Inquiry for 3rd/4th grade teachers

The purpose of this professional development course is to help you teach to the new science standards. You will gain content knowledge, participate in inquiry-based science activities, and learn how to modify lessons to reflect inquiry pedagogy. Separate grade-level content presentations will be made when necessary. The educator orientation will provide you with an in-depth […]

NAU and TGen win grant to train Arizona teachers in biosciences

The Arizona Board of Regents awarded Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) a three-year grant to train Arizona high school teachers on how best to teach students about the biosciences. The program, “Biotechnology for Teachers: A Link Between Content and Real-World Application,” will receive $122,000 during its initial year, with additional […]

Helping communities prepare workers (Inside Higher Ed article)

[Source: Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed] — Like a lot of small communities in the United States, Elizabethtown, Ky., has struggled mightily to find a viable economic future. The city of just under 100,000 people has lost more than 4,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000, and with just 8 percent of its adult residents holding bachelor

Attend Sept. 16th Back-To-School Resource Fair and Open House at Arizona Science Center

“Everything Goes With Science!” on Saturday, September 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is presented in partnership with Standards-Based Teaching and Learning, in the School Effectiveness Division of the Arizona Department of Education and sponsored by Arizona Game and Fish Department. Don

“Doctoring DNA” is topic of Sept. 9th 8th grade teacher workshop

Teacher training workshops for middle- and high-school science teachers consist of a full-day workshop on applying the biosciences. Each workshop, held at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix, covers a set of lesson plans and background information that you can use to bring real life applications of bioscience to students. The third of three […]

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

“Genetically Modified Foods in my Schoolyard?” topic of August 26th 7th grade teacher workshop

Teacher training workshops for middle- and high-school science teachers consist of a full-day workshop on applying the biosciences. Each workshop, held at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix, covers a set of lesson plans and background information that you can use to bring real life applications of bioscience to students. The second of three […]

Local science fairs seeking sponsor opportunities

Businesses are encouraged to support the Arizona American Indian Science & Engineering Fair (AISEF) and the Central Arizona Regional Science & Engineering Fair (CARSEF). Both fairs are recognized Science Services-affiliated fairs open to 5th-12th grade students. Sponsor donations help support not just the ASU Science Fairs, but also teachers and students, provide workshops (no-cost) and […]