{"id":4482,"date":"2014-03-19T12:53:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2014-03-19T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T17:53:59","slug":"biobuilder-professional-development-workshop-in-ks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4482","title":{"rendered":"BioBuilder Professional Development Workshop in KS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo-biobuilder-educational-foundation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4483\" alt=\"logo-biobuilder-educational-foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo-biobuilder-educational-foundation.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo-biobuilder-educational-foundation.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo-biobuilder-educational-foundation-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>After a few years of integrating Synthetic Biology into our molecular course offering at CAPS, I am happy to announce that we will be offering a 3-Day BioBuilder Workshop at CAPS on July 8-10. \u00a0This three day professional\u00a0development opportunity will prepare educators to bring biological engineering and\u00a0synthetic biology into their classrooms and laboratories. \u00a0The workshop will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lectures that connect the engineering\/science\/math and technology aspects\u00a0of these fields.<\/li>\n<li>Labs and classroom activities taught from the online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biobuilder.org\">www.BioBuilder.org<\/a>\u00a0resources.<\/li>\n<li>Lunchtime discussions with members of the synthetic biology community.<\/li>\n<li>Activities that address the nuts and bolts of running an iGEM team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attendees will receive lunch each day and 45 PDPs. Attendees must commit to implementing a BioBuilder activity in the 2014-2015 academic year and provide feedback on the effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who should apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>High school Biology teachers, especially those teaching introductory biology or\u00a0those looking for new ways to teach the AP content or for compelling material\u00a0to teach college-bound students after the AP exam is completed<\/li>\n<li>College-level instructors looking for classroom and lab curricula to include in a\u00a0biotechnology-style class<\/li>\n<li>Science Club leaders, in particular anyone looking for ways to bring cutting edge\u00a0content to students with a variety interests from math to biology to\u00a0electronics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The application is online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biobuilder.org\/workshops\/\">http:\/\/biobuilder.org\/workshops\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3 day workshop is $250\/person (scholarships are available).<\/li>\n<li>Registration fees include full tuition, lunch each day, and written materials.<\/li>\n<li>A non-refundable registration\/deposit fee of $50 is due upon application, reserving\u00a0your place in a workshop. Balance is due one week in advance of the workshop.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-registration is required for all participants, as space is limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Synthetic Biology?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Synthetic Biology is an emerging field that applies engineering and mathematical principles to the development of novel biological systems. These principles and technologies extend the teaching of molecular genetic techniques into real world, authentic applications. \u00a0Examples of synthetic systems include bacteria that smell like bananas, and light-sensitive bacteria that can serve as pixels in a photograph. These teachable systems are included in<br \/>\nthe curriculum at Biobuilder.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why teach Synthetic Biology?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSynthetic biology provides teachers and students an engineering context to learn molecular biology, genetic engineering and microbiology methods. This approach asks students to learn while designing, or testing designs of, engineered biological systems. In addition, this approach provides science teachers with a means of exploring numerous state and national technology standards that are hard to address in most science classes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop Instructors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kevin McCormick<\/span> is a science teacher at Summit Technology\u00a0Academy in Lee\u2019s Summit, Missouri. He teaches the Project Lead\u00a0The Way capstone courses in the Biomedical Sciences, Medical\u00a0Interventions and Biomedical Innovations. He participated in a\u00a0week long BioBuilder workshop held at MIT in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dr. Dave Westenberg<\/span> is a microbiologist who has taught in the Department of Biological Sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology for the past 17 years. He is co-advisor for the Missouri S&amp;T iGEM team and teaches a course in Biological Experimental Design and Innovation. He also chairs the American Society for Microbiology Committee on K-12 Outreach.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Eric Kessler<\/span> is completing his 22nd year as a biology instructor. He currently directs the Bioscience Program in the Blue Valley School<br \/>\nDistrict\u2019s Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS). He has received grants and awards that include the Milken Award, Kansas<br \/>\nOutstanding Biology Teacher, Kansas Wildlife Educator of the Year, and NSTA Ron Mardigian Bio-Rad Biotechnology Explorer Award. He participated in a week long BioBuilder workshop held at Purdue in summer of 2012, and has facilitated the high school iGEM program in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a few years of integrating Synthetic Biology into our molecular course offering at CAPS, I am happy to announce that we will be offering a 3-Day BioBuilder Workshop at CAPS on July 8-10. \u00a0This three day professional\u00a0development opportunity will prepare educators to bring biological engineering and\u00a0synthetic biology into their classrooms and laboratories. \u00a0The workshop<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4482\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,8],"tags":[587,588,589,591,590,215,118],"class_list":["post-4482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-labs","category-teaching-resources","tag-biobuilder","tag-bioengineering","tag-engineering","tag-igem","tag-molecular-biology","tag-synthetic-biology","tag-workshop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4489,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions\/4489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}