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Iowa teachers can receive stipends of $50 per day to help cover their costs of attending. ISU Extension and Outreach educators or personnel can receive travel reimbursements of up to $50 per day to help cover their expenses.
Materials and stipends for the workshops are funded by Iowa State’s Office of Biotechnology and by the Iowa Biotechnology Association.
Upon completion of any of the workshops, Iowa teachers and ISU Extension and Outreach educators are eligible to receive free supplies and equipment for specific lab protocols from the Office of Biotechnology.
For More InformationFor more information about the biotechnology education workshops, see the descriptions that follow, contact Mike Zeller or Lori Miller toll-free in Iowa at 800 643-9504, or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
For more information about the bioethics workshop, please contact Clark Wolf at 515 294-3068 or e-mail [email protected].
Workshop RegistrationTo register for any workshop, please contact Lori or use the online registration form available at www.biotech.iastate.edu/summer-training-courses-for-educators. Please submit your registration to arrive by May 16, 2014.
IowaBiotech EducatorA newsletter of the Iowa State University Office of Biotechnology • Volume 22 • Number 2 • Spring 2014
Featured in this Issue
Invitation to summer2014 workshops ................. 1
Summer 2014 workshopdescriptions ........................ 2
Spring or fall careerconferences foryoung women .................... 3
Iowa Academy ofScience Annual Meeting ............................... 3
Biotechnology outreacheducation column by Mike Zeller .......................... 3
Read this newsletteronline or receive itby e-mail ............................. 4
Congrats to Science Bowl winners ....... 5
Recycle lab suppliesbefore summer ................... 5
Biotech resources onthe Internet ......................... 5
About Iowa State’s publiceducation program inbiotechnology .................... 6
Connect to Biotech
Office of Biotechnology1210 Molecular Biology Bldg.
Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa 50011-3260
ph. 515 294-9818800 643-9504 toll-free in Iowa
Information and Free Lab Supplies for Iowa Educators
Lori Miller Program Secretary
Expert Answers to QuestionsMike Zeller
Biotechnology Outreach Education [email protected]
Helping educators become their best. (continued on p. 2)
Register by May 16 for BiotechnologySummer Workshops
The registration deadline is May 16 for one or more of the biotechnology education workshops offered by the Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State University.
Educators in public and private schools or those who work with youth in 4-H or other community programs can strengthen and update their STEM-based curriculums with modern content, techniques, and activities in biotechnology and bioethics, while earning professional development or ISU graduate credits at the workshops.
The workshops, instructed by Iowa State’s biotechnology outreach education coordinator Mike Zeller and bioethics program director Clark Wolf, will be held in the Biotechnology Outreach Education Center (BOEC) on the Iowa State campus in Ames.
Photo by Mike Zeller
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June 9-12, 2014 Biotechnology Education Workshop I for Science, Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, and ISU Extension and Outreach EducatorsIowa State University, Ames, Iowa• 2professionaldevelopmentcredits-$25• 1-2ISUgraduatecredits-$444percredit• $200stipendforIowaschoolteachers($50perday) funded by the Iowa Biotechnology Association • Travelreimbursementavailablefor ISU Extension and Outreach educators/personnel (up to $50 per day)• Registrationdeadline-May16,2014
This workshop course is directed at science, agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and ISU Extension and Outreach educators who want to gain the basic knowledge and laboratory skills necessary to teach biotechnology in their classrooms. Teachers will learn how to prepare and instruct the laboratories in DNA extraction and quantification from various sources, DNA transformation, DNA fingerprinting, antibiotic resistance, and more. Educators will prepare and perform the lab protocols as the students would do in class.
June 16-19, 2014 Bioethics Workshop IIowa State University, Ames, Iowa• 2professionaldevelopmentcredits-$25• 2ISUgraduatecredits-$444percredit• $200stipendforIowaschoolteachers($50perday)• TravelreimbursementavailableforISUExtensionand Outreach educators/personnel (up to $50 per day)• Registrationdeadline–May16,2014 This course is designed for educators who want to incorporate discussion of ethical issues with students, to integrate some ethical content in the science curriculum, or to address such issues for extension audiences. The focus will be on ethical issues in science education, including agricultural biotechnology. Other bioethics topics will also be covered.
Participants will work through activities and case studies that they can take home and use in their classes. In the course of the workshop, participants will be divided into groups to develop their own case studies on topics relevant to their courses.
The workshop will also address pedagogical issues, including appropriate objectives for bioethics units; alternative approaches to bioethics pedagogy; how to relate bioethics issues to personal ethical issues familiar to students; how to help students identify ethical issues; how
to address bioethics while respecting diversity of views in the classroom; and assessment for bioethics units. Participants will leave with classroom-ready case study exercises for use in their own classes.
June 23-26, 2014Biotechnology Education Workshop II – Advanced Workshop for Science, Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, and ISU Extension and Outreach Educators Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa• 2professionaldevelopmentcredits-$25• 1-2ISUgraduatecredits-$444percredit• $200stipendforIowaschoolteachers($50perday) funded by the Iowa Biotechnology Association • Travelreimbursementavailablefor ISU Extension and Outreach educators/personnel (up to $50 per day)• Registrationdeadline–May16,2014
This advanced workshop is open to science, agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and ISU Extension and Outreach educators who have attended one of the previous biotechnology workshops. Educators will learn how to prepare and instruct advanced biotechnology laboratories in their classrooms. Activities will include marker assisted selection, DNA isolation, recombinant DNA techniques, DNA amplification, restriction analysis of DNA, bioinformatics, sequencing, genomics, and more. Educators will prepare and perform the lab protocols as their students will do in class.
Photos by Mike Zeller
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BiotechnologyOutreach Education Center
Even though it doesn’t seem like it, spring is just around the corner. This is the spring version and final Iowa Biotech Educator newsletter of the school year. I would like to remind you that it is time to make final decisions
about outreach and summer professional development opportunities here at the Biotechnology Outreach Education Center (BOEC) at Iowa State University.
Beginning June 9, three biotechnology workshops will be held on-campus in Ames (see p. 1). This year’s workshop schedule again will be completed by the end of June. These workshops meet many of the STEM life science Iowa Core and Next Generation Science Standards criteria.
Past attendees have found it useful to attend a workshop(s) as a refresher to learn new content and to update knowledge of materials and techniques. Maybe it’s time to attend the advanced workshop with activities that can be used in AP biology and/or to advance your content and technique
By Mike ZellerBOEC Coordinator
Outreach News
Members and Non-Members Invited to Attend Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting April 11-12
The 126th Iowa Academy of Science (IAS) Annual Meeting will be held April 11-12 at the Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Iowa’s scientists, science educators, and students are invited to attend events and hear invited speakers address topics from agriculture to outer space.
General session topics and speakers include:
Advancements in Precision Agriculture Dr. Amy Kaleita-Forbes, Iowa State University
Understanding the Peopling of the Americas: A Discourse Between an Archeologist and Geneticist Drs. Matthew Hill and Andrew Kitchen, University of Iowa
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Dr. James C. Meyer, UnityPoint Health
Educational Opportunities
Spring Career Conferences for Young Women on April 10, 17, 24
This school year marks the 25th year of Taking the Road Less Traveled career conferences for Iowa’s young women in grades 6-12. The conferences are hosted by Iowa State University’s Program for Women in Science and Engineering (PWSE). Since 1987, nearly 59,000 young women, educators, and parents have participated in the conferences that feature career exploration workshops led by women who work in science, engineering, and other technical occupations; tours of university research facilities; and sessions for parents and educators.
For grades 9-12, the spring conference date is April 10, 2014. For grades 6-8, the spring conference dates are April 17 and 24. If the April conference dates do not work for you, the conferences also are offered in October. Mike Zeller, Iowa State’s biotechnology outreach education coordinator, is a regular presenter at the career conferences.
For registration and details, visit the PWSE website at www.pwse.iastate.edu/trlt.html. For more information, e-mail Carol Heaverlo at [email protected] or contact her at PWSE, 218 Carver Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2060, phone 515 294-5883.
Meeting participants also can attend a symposium of their choice, with one more to be added:
Hydrology of Iowa as Affected by Corn and Bean Agriculture Keith Schilling and Dr. Mary Skopec, Iowa Department of NaturalResourcesRobertWatson,WatsonBrothers
Iowa Contributions to Space Science ResearchDr.DonaldGurnett,UniversityofIowa–Voyagermission
Dr.JoshuaSebree,UniversityofNorthernIowa–Saturn’slargest moon, Titan
Dr.BongWie,IowaStateUniversity–AsteroidDeflectionResearchCenter
Other highlights of the meeting are the poster and oral research presentations of the Iowa Junior Academy of Science, the President’s Banquet on Friday evening, and award presentation events.
For more information on additional speakers, events, the conference hotel, maps, and how to register, visit the IAS website at www.iacad.org.
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Iowa Biotech EducatorVolume 22, Number 2
Spring 2014
Published three times a year by the Office of Biotechnology, 1210 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3260. To subscribe, phone 515 294-9818 or e-mail [email protected].
James M. ReecyProfessor of Animal Science and
Director of the Office of Biotechnology
Glenda D. WebberEditor
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knowledge. Even if you don’t intend to visit ISU to attend one of the workshops, please take a minute to pass this information along to colleagues. These workshops are designed to bring the newest life science principles and techniques into their classrooms. You might even look into bringing a team of colleagues from your department to the workshops. All workshops offer professional development for licensure credits and/or ISU graduate credits.
BOEC Has Been BusySince the last newsletter, I have been busy presenting to schools and groups on and off campus. Even though the weather has been a challenge, I will host or visit more than 1,600 students and adults this spring. If you are thinking of planning a visit to the BOEC, or because of limited budgets want the BOEC to come to your school before the end of the school year, there are still dates left in May. For those of you who have attended workshops and plan to take advantage of the free supplies and equipment, it is time to plan your order. To schedule a visit date or order supplies, e-mail Lori Miller ([email protected]) or me ([email protected]) or call our Iowa toll-free number at 800 643-9504.
Electronic Iowa Biotech Educator Newsletter The Office of Biotechnology, like many other departments on campus, is reducing program costs by using electronic media to delivery our information. If you find it more convenient to have the Educator e-mailed to you (PDF format), please contact Lori Miller with your e-mail address. I would encourage you to use this delivery method by placing your entire school’s/district’s life science staff on the list to receive the Educator.
It does seem inevitable that the newsletter will be delivered bye-mailonlyinthenearfuture.Remembertocontactusifyour e-mail and/or mailing address have changed. You can
Too Much Paper in Your Life?
If you are receiving your issues of the Iowa Biotech Educator as printed copies through the mail, you can go paperless. Readeachissueonlineatwww.biotech.iastate.edu/iowa-biotech-educator-newsletter, or receive each issue by e-mail as a PDF attachment.
To start your e-mail subscription, please send your e-mail address to Lori Miller ([email protected]) at the Office of Biotechnology.
Who says summer fun can’t include a workshop at the Biotechnology Outreach Education Center? Choose the workshop that’s right for you, and we’ll see you in Ames this June! Photo by Mike Zeller
Recycling Lab Supplies Saves Money
Recyclingthefreelaboratorysuppliesthatyouorder from the Office of Biotechnology helps keep costs down. For more information, contact Lori Miller ([email protected]).
always find copies of the newsletter on our website at www.biotech.iastate.edu/iowa-biotech-educator-newsletter. Any printing and mailing costs that we save will return to you in free supplies and services. Thank you in advance for considering this option.
Summer 2014This summer, the BOEC will be full of workshops and course offerings. I hope to see some of you in the workshops or around campus at other ISU programs. I especially look forward to helping everyone bring biotechnology into your classrooms starting again this fall.
The next issue of the Iowa Biotech Educator will greet youas you arrive back at school in August. That issue will announce all curriculum materials, familiar and new, and hopefully our expanded state outreach opportunities that could be available for you during the 2014-15 school year. Have a great summer!
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Congratulations to 2014 Science Bowl Winners
Iowa Regional High School Science BowlCongratulations to the Ames High School students who won the2014IowaRegionalHighSchoolScienceBowlhostedbythe U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University in January.
Students Parm Banwait, Alex Lee, Julia Meyer, Nina VanDerZanden,andYichenXuandtheircoachJacobPleasants advanced to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl® to be held in April in Washington, D.C. Congratulations also to runner-up Des Moines Central AcademyandthirdplacewinnerPleasantValleyHighSchool (Bettendorf). Thirty-seven teams from across Iowa competed in the event.
Iowa Regional Middle School Science Bowl Congratulations to the Ames Middle School students who wonthe2014IowaRegionalMiddleSchoolScienceBowlhosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University in February. Twenty-four teams competed in the event.
The winning team of students Hector Arbuckle, Stephen McKown, Benjamin Moats, Will Tibben, and Isak Werner-AndersonandtheircoachCollinReichertadvancedtotheNational Middle School Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C., to compete in April. Congratulations also to St. Albert Middle School (Council Bluffs) for a second-place finish and Union Middle School (Dysart) that finished third.
Awards/Competitions/Grants
Howard Hughes Medical Institute www.hhmi.org/biointeractive
Holiday Lectures on Medicine in the Genomic EraThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s 2013 Holiday Lectures on Science were titled “Medicine in the Genomic Era” and discussed how the ability to sequence and analyze individual genomes is revolutionizing the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases.
The lectures by Charles L. Sawyers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Christopher A. Walsh of Boston Children’s Hospital and related materials are now available at www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/medicine-genomic-era.
HHMI Announces Three New FilmsThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute has announced the “Origin of Species” trilogy that tells the stories of naturalists who traveled the world in the 19th century to understand how new species formed. To watch online or order a free DVD,gotowww.biointeractive.org.
Visit Us Online All Summer!Biotechnology Outreach Education Center
www.biotech.iastate.eduFor K-14 Educators
Biotech on the Internet
Please Recycle Lab Supplies Before Summer Vacation
This is the final issue of the Iowa Biotech Educator for the 2013-2014 school year. Before you leave for the summer, please recycle any free biotechnology lab supplies that you ordered from the ISU Office of Biotechnology during this school year. Thanks for your help and have a great summer!
How to Recycle ISU Lab SuppliesThe10XTBEbottlesandunusedpipettetips and boxes are refilled or reused for other teachers. To help keep costs down, please return these items to Lori Miller, Office of Biotechnology, 1210 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University,
Lab Notes
AmesIA50011-3260.Pleaseemptyandrinsethe10XTBEbottles before you return them.
Please Help Maintain DNA Fingerprinting Kit SuppliesIowa educators who use the DNA fingerprinting kits provided by the Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State and through AEAs can help keep the contents up-to-date. The kits should have certain equipment and supplies in them at all times. Follow the link provided under the heading “Lab Equipment” at www.biotech.iastate.edu/equipment-and-supplies to see what should be in the kit. If you check out a kit and discover that an item is missing or broken, please contact Lori Miller at the Office of Biotechnology, phone toll-free in Iowa 800 643-9504, or e-mail [email protected].
The kits can be checked out by contacting local Area Education Agencies or the Office of Biotechnology. Educators who obtained the kits in the past from their regional ISU Extension offices should contact Lori Miller to determine their current availability.
Office of Biotechnology1210 Molecular Biology BuildingIowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa 50011-3260
Office of Biotechnology1210 Molecular Biology BuildingIowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa 50011-3260
About the ISU Public Education Program in Biotechnology. . .
Iowa State University’s Public Education Program in Biotechnology thanks donors for their generous support: Sustaining donor: Iowa Biotechnology AssociationMajor donors: Ajinomoto Food Ingredients, LLC/Ajinomoto Heartland, LLC; Bayer CropScience; Cargill; Genencor International,Inc.;GoldenHarvestResearch;Growmark;theGreaterCedarRapidsFoundation–DiamondVMillsDonor-Advised Fund; the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Agricultural Foundation; the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board; Iowa State University Extension and Outreach; Kemin Americas; MBS Genetics, LLC; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.;theRoyJ.CarverCharitableTrust;SyngentaSeeds,Inc.;WestCentralCooperative;andprivateindividuals.
To Contact the ProgramPhone: 515 294-9818 or, toll-free in Iowa, 800 643-9504 E-mail: [email protected]: www.biotech.iastate.edu
Public Education Program PersonnelJamesReecy,ProfessorofAnimalScienceandDirector of the Office of BiotechnologyMike Zeller, Biotechnology Outreach Education CoordinatorLori Miller, Program SecretaryGlenda Webber, EditorJoel Nott, Assistant Scientist, and Camie Stockhausen, Communications Specialist, Homepage Webmasters
