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.
Teachers are matched with a resource liaison mentor in their area, often a practicing scientist from the sponsoring company, who helps to implement the institute curriculum in the classroom.