Lectures on genome science and human genetics for teachers and students, summer research internships, support for local public science museums, and genome center tours. Project partially supported by Perkin Elmer Corporation. Addresses laboratory protocols, technical questions, genetic engineering, and bioethical issues. Site includes manuscripts, preprints, reprints, slides, transparencies, and data relevant to computational biology. Links to sources for downloadable free Acrobat Reader software.
Biotechnology workshops for teachers.
Development and field testing of a molecular genetics curriculum unit for all levels of high school students, emphasizing hands-on activities and bioethical decision making. Funded by the NIH Science Education Partnership Award Program. Science and Societal Issues Symposium of presentations by high school students, modeled on a Lawrence Hall of Science project. Hosted and underwritten by General Atomics, which also sponsors other teacher workshops. Interested corporations sponsor one or more teachers.