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 education programsThrough year-round programs, the Institute is generating understanding and awareness about biotechnology within the education community–and building the next generation of leaders. The Institute’s programs reach K-12, undergraduate and graduate students, middle and high school teachers, two-year and four-year college faculty, and industry representatives. Conference on Biotechnology EducationThe Institute integrates each of its core programs--National Biotechnology
Teacher-Leader Program, Genzyme-Invitrogen Biotech Educator Award,
Minority Fellows Program, sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius
Challenge, and the Eli Lilly BioDreaming Poster Competition--into a one-of-a-kind conference for students and
teachers that immediately precedes
the BIO Annual International Convention. National Biotechnology Teacher-Leader ProgramThe National Biotechnology Teacher-Leader Program is a professional development program for teachers comprised of a cadre of thousands of teachers that form a network of dedicated advisors committed to teaching biotechnology to students and serve as a resource to other teachers. Learn more... Genzyme-Invitrogen Biotech Educator AwardThe Genzyme-Invitrogen Biotech Educator Award co-sponsored by Genzyme Corporation and Invitrogen Corporation recognizes exemplary teaching at the high school level that has positivelt impacted students' understanding of biotechnology's promises and challenge. Your World MagazineThe Biotechnology Institute publishes online Your World: Biotechnology & You,
the premier biotechnology magazine for grades
7 to 12, twice a year. sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius ChallengeUnder the Institute's direction, the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge is an annual competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. Learn more... Lilly BioDreaming Poster CompetitionBioDreaming is a poster competition for students in grades K-12 that encourages young people to express, through art, the promise that biotechnology holds for the future. Minority Fellows ProgramThe yearlong Minority Fellows Program pairs undergraduate and post-doctoral students and faculty from underserved populations at colleges and universities with industry Mentors who introduce the participants to biotechnology. Minority Leadership Training ProgramThe Minority Leadership and Career Development Training Program provides graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career scientists with the opportunity to develop job-seeking skills that can lead to successful industry employment as research scientists, entrepreneurs, and business professionals. School Systems InitiativeThe Biotechnology Institute seeks to help U.S. communities create a sustained and systemic biotechnology education plan in their regions at the K through 12 and college levels. Operation BiotechnologyOperation Biotechnology is a nationwide project funded by a FIPSE grant from the U.S. Department of Education that develops engaging biotechnology teacher training curriculum and experiments that integrate biology, chemistry and physics content. In year-round professional development workshops, high school teachers are trained to modify their existing courses and, using an easily replicable "teacher-leader" model, these master teachers will disseminate programs and labs to their colleagues. Below is a link to the Operation Biotechnology portal website that offers labs and lesson plans and also serves as a means for educators to communicate and collaborate with each other to improve biotechnology curriculum. At this time, it is only accessible to the master teachers and project staff via registered user name and password. As the project develops, the website resource will become available to the public. Teacher's Resource Guide for "Genome" SourcebookThe guide is a stand-alone resource on genomics that is used to support a five-year professional development initiative for teachers in conjunction with the Pfizer, Inc. exhibit, Genome: The Secret of How Life Works. |
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