Workshops & Summer Programs
Return-to-Campus Spring 2008
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 Spring 2008 Return-to-Campus will be held on April 26. The day will begin and end in the atrium of the Biotechnology Building at Cornell. Maps are available here.
Draft Schedule
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Announcements |
| 9:15 - 10:30 | Morning Talk: Evolution Rick Harrison |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Morning Activity Session |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Lunch and Kit Display |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Afternoon Talk: Wolbachia Jack Werren |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Poster Session |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 - 3:15 | Afternoon Activity Session |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 | Garage Sale |
Morning Activities
- Elementary Health and Nutrition Unit. Lynn Winner, George Washington Elementary School. Recommended grades: Pre-K through 2nd Grade.
This presentation on good nutrition is based on the NYS standards and Pre-K curriculum. The presenter will share several activities and a fun set-up, and will refer to multiple intelligences, meaningful application and process skills using cooperative learning techniques. - Middle School Mini-Share-a-Ton.
Sign up early! In this activity participating teachers are asked to bring one of their favorite science activities to share with fellow Middle School teachers. Only 10 teachers will get to share their activity, demonstration or lesson plan. Participants will receive copies of all handouts and CIBT will try to provide special equipment or materials required. A fun and useful morning gathering! - You've got the beat! Karen Cook, Massena Senior High School. Recommended 9-12 (but Middle Schoolers would find the use of ECGs fun and engaging!)
Come and learn how to use our ECG machines to address Living Environment Standards, a NYS Lab and get community involved with your class! The Blood Vessels kit will be used to address other standards as well. Both the ECG and the Blood Vessels kits are available through the CIBT Lending Library free of charge to our alumni. - Cancer Truth or Cancer Myth Survey & Cancer Detection: A Laboratory Simulation. Nancy Wright, Honeoye Central. Recommended grades: 9-12
The first part of this activity uses a 10-statement "Cancer Truth or Cancer Myth" Survey to graphically illustrate of students' understanding of concepts related to cancer. Students individually complete the Cancer Truth or Cancer Myth Survey to identify the degree to which they believe the statements about cancer have, or don' have, scientific validity. Students collect class data about the survey statements using histogram "Topical Barometers."
During the second part of this session students mimic three kinds of cancer detection techniques by performing visual, radiation, and chemical tests on paper images of biopsy samples. Most of the cells in the tissue samples are normal, but some have been treated to test as abnormal (cancerous). At the end of the lab, students figure out a way to use data from the lab to predict the chances that a biopsy sample will be cancerous.
Afternoon Activities
- Force and Motion using K'nex. Corrine Crawford, Cambria Heights School. Recommended Grades: 1-5.
Along with your students explore the concepts behind the use of simple machines using K'nex! - Inexpensive Labs. Megan Wieboldt, Port Jervis Middle School. Labs can be adapted for 5th-8th grade students.
In this presentation participating teachers will walk away with a collection of engaging and inexpensive science labs that can be adapted from 5th-8th grade. Some of the labs that might be included address mass, the use of the microscope, diffusion and osmosis and the scientific method. - Modeling Chromosome Behavior with LEGOs. Will Anderson and Sandra Litvin, Unionville High School. Recommended Grades: 7-12.
Participants simulate chromosome replication and movement during both mitosis and meiosis in Drosophila (2N=8). Non-disjunction and crossing over are included. The content of this presentation is adjustable for grades 7-12. - Prey Predator Simulation. Carolyn Wilczynski, Binghamton High School. Recommended Grades: 7-12.
In this activity, students will simulate the relationship between predator and prey by assuming the role of an owl hunting for mice (that are cleverly disguised as beans). Their success as a hunter will determine their survival and how many offspring they can support.
Registration Forms
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