D.C. The project aims to increase the number of Blacks, American Indians, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans annually entering medical schools to 3000 by the year 2000. A Rural Partnership for Science Education . Partnership between Bassett Research Institute and ten rural school districts featuring summer science training programs and camps for students and teachers, field trips and career counseling. Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life . Teams of teachers and scientists collaborated to create twenty lessons.
Students study insects to learn important concepts of human growth and well-being.
Modern Genetics for All Students. BioRAP puts students in touch with science and informs young people about human and animal health issues. Electronic AIDS Exhibit and Education Program. Copies of the exhibitions are traveling nationally. Schools and other organizations can access the exhibition via the World Wide Web.