Workshops & Summer Programs
Return-to-Campus
Twice a year alumni of the CIBT programs are invited to a one-day workshop including lab sessions, guest lectures, and opportunities to network and socialize with other alumni.
The Fall 2006 Return-to-Campus will be held on October 21. The day will begin and end in the atrium of the Biotechnology Building at Cornell. Maps are available here.
Teacher Program
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Announcements |
| 9:45 - 11:00 | Morning Talk: Harry Greene Presentation (16.2 MB) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Cornell Outreach Fair |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Afternoon Session 1 |
| 1:30 - 1:40 | Break |
| 1:40 - 2:40 | Afternoon Session 2 |
| 2:40 - 2:50 | Break |
| 2:50 - 4:00 | Afternoon Talk: Wojtek Pawlowski Presentation (7.3 MB) |
| 4:00 | Garage Sale |
Teacher Afternoon Session 1 Activities
- UV Bead Lab
A hands-on make and take lab demonstrating the use of UV-sensitive beads and the application for science labs. Test sunglasses, suntan lotion and the strength of UV rays from the sun.
Presented by Carol Ippolito, CIBT Alum. - PCR Paper Lab
Most DNA analysis situations - both forensic and research - involve the need to make multiple copies of specific sequences of DNA. To do this a process called the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been developed. This activity is a paper lab that simulates the process of PCR and is designed for either high school/living environment or A.P. levels with slight modifications.
Presented by Mark Lee, CIBT Alum.
PCR-AP (60 K)
PCR-InstHS (60 K) - Bio Game and Activites
Chris Widmaier and Deborah Bridge will present two activities that they have developed. In the Bioterrorist Response Game students try to stop an infection that has been released in NYC by vaccinating the people around the infection. Everything takes place on a game board with beans and dice. In the Can you stop the infection?, activity, some students take the role Antibodies searching for infected cells and other students are Killer T cells looking for antibodies attached to infected cells.
Presented by Chris Widmaier and Deborah Bridge, CIBT Alums.
Pathogen Games (1 MB) - Citizen Science in Your Classroom with the Lab of O
In this workshop led by a Cornell Lab of Ornithology educator, you'll discover how you can bring citizen science to your students using the Urban Bird Studies project and the newly released BirdSleuth curriculum. This workshop will include and generate activities and ideas that you can easily adapt for your classroom.
Presented by Anne James-Rosenberg
Teacher Afternoon Session 2 Activities
- What Bones Tell Us
This workshop will help to enrich your forensics or biology classes. Investigate how an examination of bones can be used to determine one's sex, age, race and possible cause of death. Participants will examine models of human bones from Wards Natural Science.
Presented by Anthony (Bud) Bertino, who is a retired Canandaigua Academy teacher who is currently employed at Albany State University and Patricia Nolan Bertino, a retired Scotia-Glenville High School teacher. - The Ladybug Trunk
Designed by Cornell Integrated Pest Management and Department of Entomology, this trunk contains a cornucopia of insect-centric activities and resources for grades K-6. Come see the newest addition to the CIBT Lending Library.
Presented by Carolyn Klass - Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Modules
At the Boyce Thompson Institute for plant research we will offer a workshop during July 2007, for pre- and in-service educators to work with scientists to develop classroom laboratory exercises related to various aspects of plant biology. During the week, there will be hands-on plant-based activities, tours of the Boyce Thompson Institute research facilities and seminars on current topics in plant biology. We will request that upon completion of the workshop, teachers will pilot their projects in the classroom and possibly revise or expand on the projects based on the results. Our website was designed to house modules (both electronic and "wet" labs). At the CIBT return to campus, Sarah Covshoff will take teachers through the website as well as through a module based on genetically modified organisms developed at past workshops. http://argiope.bti.cornell.edu/moodle_sc/
Presented by Sarah Covshoff and Elizabeth Fox
Student Program
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Announcements |
| 9:45 - 11:00 | Morning Talk: Harry Greene Presentation (16.2 MB) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Campus Tour |
| 12:15 - 1:15 | Lunch Roundtable Discussion |
| 1:15 - 1:30 | Travel to afternoon session |
| 1:30 - 2:35 | Afternoon Session |
| 2:35 - 2:50 | Travel to afternoon talk |
| 2:50 - 4:00 | Afternoon Talk: Wojtek Pawlowski Presentation (7.3 MB) |
| 4:00 | Garage Sale |
Student Afternoon Sessions
- The Holey Cow
The rumen of a cow contains one of the most complex combinations of single celled organisms in the world. The rumen can be studied through a special hole in the cow's stomach (called a fistula). Come experience one of Cornell's "holey" cows! - Herps!
Let the students of the Cornell Herpetology Society introduce you to some new scaly or slimy friends!
