New discoveries in the exciting biotechnology field are affecting not only science but also our daily lives. Integrate modern biotechnology concepts into the chemistry curriculum and science topics into the Junior Team thematic studies. Create a student-directed science curriculum with interactive models of science instruction appropriate for deaf students and other visual learners. Use new teaching and learning tools to design learning experiences that reinforce deaf students strengths in visual learning and communication. Provide students with access to scientific research and help them develop the critical thinking and data analysis skills necessary for today s scientific workplace.
Students research and draw conclusions.
They print out pictures with explanations showing the development of science and biotechnology over periods of time. Approximately 25 selected students perform various forensic science experiments led by Gallaudet University students in the Department of Chemistry over a period of two days in Fall 1999. It is fun doing these experiments. Ink Analysis Students had prepared for the lab activities by researching the Internet for background knowledge of forensics with the new computers in their chemistry classroom. All of these methods are used by the FBI and police departments to catch criminals.