The Science of NFL Football and Sir Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion
This past weekend kicked off the 2015–16 NFL football season (and for high school football season too)! For most of us here in the office – football means time with friends, some great tailgating food and SCIENCE FUN! Yes, that’s right science and fun go together....
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New Biology Teacher Resources Coming Your Way “Back to school” means back to teaching! Are you ready to engage your biology students and teach them to love all things science??? Of course you are! We know you can do it with the right resources! You can engage and...
BioTeach UAB Helps Bring Gel Electrophoresis into the Classroom
Developed by Dr. Stephen Hajduk, founding director of CORD, BioTeach has been offered since 1992 to high school biology teachers within the state of Alabama. The goal of BioTeach is to provide teachers with the basic knowledge and laboratory skills needed to bring...
ABLE 2015 Inspires Science Teacher Community
This year the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) held their 37th annual conference at Boston University. The focus of ABLE is to improve the undergraduate biology laboratory experience by promoting the development and dissemination of interesting,...
Culture of Biology: Learning to Love LAKrids, Liquorice, Licorice, …SALTY Licorice!
Last week we had the pleasure of being at the International Biology Olympiad 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark. We spent a considerable amount of time with student scientists from 61 countries. We learned about their biology studies, classes and laboratories. We also learned...
450 Student Scientists Converge on Denmark for the International Biology Olympiad 2015
Students from 61 countries arrived in Denmark this week to compete on their knowledge and expertise in biology at the International Biology Olympiad. Beyond the opportunity to collaborate and network with their peers and industry leaders, students are taking practical...
Teacher Training: Gel Electrophoresis with the MiniOne Unit
Teacher training and introduction to gel electrophoresis with the MiniOne System is a fun workshop for us (and for the teachers)! At our Bristol Community College workshop, we spent time training future science teachers how to prepare and run a gel electrophoresis...
DNA Analysis Workshop: New York Master Teacher Program
STEM teachers from the New York Master Teacher Program converged at SUNY Plattsburgh for a DNA Analysis Workshop with the MiniOne System Team and others. Our MiniOne System Team spent time demonstrating the technology advances of the MiniOne unit and shared some best...MiniOne PCR System
