Evanston, Illinois - Professional Development Workshop at Northwestern University - The Baxter Center for Science Education

July 31 - August 2, 2018: Summer 3-day workshop for teachers - Evanston, Illinois

BioBuilder Summer 3-day workshops prepare educators to bring biological engineering and synthetic biology into their classrooms and laboratories, including:

• Lectures that connect the science, technology, engineering, and math aspects of these fields.

• Labs and classroom activities taught from the online BioBuilder.org resource and the BioBuilder textbook published by O’Reilly.

• Discussion with members of the university research community.

• Activities that address human practice questions such as the safety, security, economics and wisdom of engineering novel biological systems.

• Activities that address the nuts and bolts of running a BioBuilderClub or iGEM team.

• Attendees receive a copy of the BioBuilder textbook, all workshop classroom materials in ready to use formats, lunch each day, and a certificate of completion.

Who should apply?  This workshop is intended for:

• High school and middle school Biology and STEM teachers, including those looking for new ways to teach college-bound students.

• College-level instructors looking for classroom and lab curricula to include in a biotechnology-style class.

• Science Club leaders, in particular anyone looking for ways to bring cutting-edge content to students with a variety interests from math to biology to electronics.

Online application through Northwestern University - https://bcse.northwestern.edu/content/biobuilder.  (Registration is unavailable through the BioBuilder website.)

Lead Instructors:

Jessica Stark, Northwestern University

Thomas Martinez, Glenbard East High School