Workshops & Summer Programs
Summer Biology Workshop
The Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers
Announces the 2008 Molecular Biology Summer Workshop for Teachers
July 6-18th
Cornell University Campus
Ithaca NY
For the 18th year, we are offering our Molecular Biology Summer Workshop for Teachers. Twenty teachers will be chosen to participate in the workshop. Participating teachers will earn a stipend of $300. Two hours of graduate credit are optionally avaialable for $875/credit. In addition, teachers will receive all materials presented in class and will have access to molecular biology equipment from our Equipment Lending Library. More details on alumni benefits can be found here. The workshop is open to high school and upper level middle school teachers.
Topics covered will include DNA techniques and their use in science research and forensics, protein techniques, reproduction, and human health and microbiology.
Participating teachers will be housed in a Cornell dormitory. Workshop days will include lectures on molecular biology content, classroom and lab activities, field trips to nature sites near Ithaca, and lectures by Cornell faculty on current research. The schedule from a previous summer program can be seen at 2007 Summer Biology Workshop.
The workshop will begin on July 6th with a welcome dinner and networking activities. The schedule on Friday, July 11th will end mid afternoon so that participants will be able to travel home for the weekend or enjoy Ithaca.
Schedule Week 1
| Day 1: Sun 7/6 |
Day 2: Mon 7/7 |
Day 3: Tue 7/8 |
Day 4: Wed 7/9 |
Day 5: Thr 7/10 |
Day 6: Fri 7/11 |
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| 8:30 | Drive to the Bog Limnology Labs Bob Beck to walk with the group in the morning |
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| 9:00 | Program Introduction | DNA Profiling Lab (Mike) |
Presentation of DNA Lab Results | Intro Protein Talk (Laurel) Protein Electrophoresis Lab (Mike) Kit Unpacking (Florianna and Mike) |
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| 9:30 | ||||||
| 10:00 | Pre-Test | |||||
| 10:30 | Analysis of HIV Transmission Lab | DNA Sequencing Timeline Talk (Jeff Doyle) Activity (Florianna) |
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| 11:00 | Talk about DNA (Laurel) |
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| 11:30 | Drive to Meyers Point | |||||
| 12:00 | Lunch on your own | Lunch included with Tom Eisner | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own (When Available) |
Lunch included at Myers Point | |
| 12:30 | ||||||
| 1:00 | How many CATS? (Mike and Karen) |
SLUG LAB (Karen) |
Finish Protein Lab Laurel's Talk while de-staining |
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| 1:30 | Continue with DNA Profiling Lab | Afternoon exploring Aquatic Communities in Myers Point |
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| 2:00 | Registration HAND IN FAVORITE LAB / ACTIVITY TO BE COPIED |
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| 2:30 | DNA Stats (Mike and Karen) |
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| 3:00 | Reproduction Talk (Susan Suarez) And Sperm/Caffeine Lab |
Go over results Slug Lab (Karen) |
Prepare Plates before leaving for the weekend | |||
| 3:30 | ||||||
| 4:00 | Tetrahymena Lab (Laurel and Donna) |
TALK: Epigenetics (Paul Soloway) |
SHARE-A-THON (Karen) Participants Present Favorite Lab / Activity |
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| 4:30 | ||||||
| 5:00 | Welcome Dinner Disease Transmission |
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| 7:00 | Homework: Answer the DNA pre-lab questions. Read the DNA Profiling Lab |
Homework: Work on presentation of results for tomorrow |
Homework: Protein Lab: Read and answer pre-lab questions |
Homework: Read Limnology Lab |
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Schedule Week 2
| Day 1: Mon 7/14 |
Day 2: Tue 7/15 |
Day 3: Wed 7/16 |
Day 4: Thr 7/17 |
Day 5: Fri 7/18 |
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| 8:30 | Display LL Kits and Models | ||||
| 9:00 | Analyze data from Aquatic communities | PCR LAB Part II (Make and run gels) (Mike and Wendy) |
Floating Leaf Disk Assay: Measuring Photosynthesis Rate (Brad Williamson) |
REPRODUCTION Talk (Ned Place) |
Lending Library: How to Reserve Kits (Florianna & Chris) |
| 9:30 | Evaluation | ||||
| 10:00 | Walk to Beebie Lake to meet Anurag Agrawal | Building Blocks Lab (Florianna) |
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| 10:30 | Walk with Anurag Agrawal around Beebie Lake | Primates Talk (Mike) |
Heart Dissection (Karen) |
Post-Test and Good-byes! | |
| 11:00 | |||||
| 11:30 | Look at the PCR gels | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own | LUNCH with Laurel | |
| 12:30 | |||||
| 1:00 | PCR Talk (Laurel) |
Catalase Lab (Karen) |
Uterus Dissection Lab (Karen) |
Blood Vessels Kit and ECG Machines (Karen) |
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| 2:00 | Begin PCR LAB (Wendy, Laurel, and Mike) |
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| 2:30 | Hormones of the Menstrual Cycle Lab (Karen) |
Immunology Talk and Skit (Jim Blankenship) |
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| 3:00 | Look at results from Elodea Lab (Karen) |
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| 3:30 | |||||
| 4:00 | Set up for the Elodea Lab (Karen) |
SHARE-A-THON (Laurel) Participants Present Favorite Lab / Activity |
Contraceptives Kit and Activity (Florianna) |
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| 5:00 | Farewell Dinner at Karen's | ||||
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| 7:00 | Homework: Read Building Blocks and Catalase Labs |
Homework: Read Labs and activities for tomorrow |
Homework: Problem set on reproduction and/or Human Population |
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Note: Shaded meals are provided by CIBT.
