Teachers Learn About Genetics at Brookhaven Lab
October 20, 2005
UPTON, NY - Thirteen middle school teachers from four school districts - Longwood, Roosevelt, William Floyd, and Wyandanch - recently learned about new developments in genetics and new ways to teach the subject, through hands-on instruction in a pilot program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Brookhaven Lab teamed up with the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research to offer a three-day fellowship for teachers to participate in a curriculum called "My Genes" developed by Brookhaven's Office of Educational Programs.
To apply what they have learned, the teacher-fellows will collaborate with Brookhaven staff to offer an in-class student DNA workshop at their own schools. The workshops will introduce students and faculty to laboratory experiments, equipment, and computer resources to illustrate major concepts in gene analysis. The participating schools also will be provided with equipment needed for the "My Genes" curriculum, which they will be expected to share with other faculty.
In the photo, Brookhaven Lab's Scott Bronson, who developed and taught the "My Genes" program, shows Gloria Vanderpool, a teacher from the Wyandanch School District, how to use a micropipette to measure minute amounts of fluid for a genetics experiment.
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