Registration is closed at this time.
2010 Summer Workshop registration will open in mid-March.
Each year the North Carolina Biotechnology Center sponsors summer workshops for North Carolina educators. These workshops provide hands-on training in biotechnology useful in the classroom.
The Biotechnology Center offers at least one Introductory Biotechnology workshop every year. The Introductory Biotechnology workshops are designed primarily for high school science teachers, although interested middle school teachers and college instructors are welcome. Other biotechnology workshops may target specific audiences (e.g., middle school science teachers, high school Career-Technical Education teachers, or college faculty) while Special Topics workshops address biotechnology topics of interest in greater depth. Special Topics workshops may require completion of an Introductory Biotechnology workshop.
Note: Workshops are open only to North Carolina educators.
Workshop features:
- Participants learn about specific real-world applications of biotechnology in ways that can captivate students and shape career choices.
- Lesson plans are provided at all workshops.
- Participants are granted access to Biotechnology Center programs that provide lab equipment, educational videos on loan, and free lab supplies.
- Workshops address multiple objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
- Teaching staff typically include one or more outstanding college or university faculty instructors and master high school teachers who are expert at implementing biotechnology in the classroom.
- Participants can receive technology or regular renewal credits (CEUs).