2008 Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and
High School Student Summer Internship Program (SIP) High School Biotechnology
This summer, the program has been modified to encompass teachers from more than 25 schools, who in turn will identify students to participate in the program. For this reason, there is no application process as student interns will be nominated by teachers. This change from prior summer programs is to support the recommendations of the Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Education Committee’s report, "Building the Bioscience Pipeline," (September 2007), ensuring the greatest number of students are impacted by ensuring training opportunities for teachers in the State’s rapidly-emerging biotech education programs.
The six-week summer program pairs teachers and students with Biodesign Institute researchers willing to mentor both in a laboratory science experience. The students selected will work with their teacher as a co-investigator, and if desired, serve as a teaching assistant during the following academic year. This program will allow teachers and students to explore the best methods of translating what they learn in the laboratory into effective teaching that can be brought back into their biotechnology classrooms.
The experience will include significant hands-on laboratory research for both the teachers and students. It also includes scheduled time for teachers to work with one another to develop ideas for effective teaching methods and to determine what types of hands-on research activities can be used in their curriculum to enrich the learning experience for their students. In structuring the teacher working groups, we drew on the extensive research of ASU’s Center for Research in Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology’s (CRESMET).
High Schools with Existing or Emerging Biotechnology Programs
Agua Fria Union High School District
- Desert Edge High School, 2008-09
Chandler Unified School District
- Basha High School, 2007-08
- Hamilton High School, 2006-07
Higley Unified School District
- Higley High School, 2008-09
- Williams Field High, 2008-09
Mesa Public Schools
- Dobson High School, 2008-09
- Mesa High School, 2004-05
- Mountain View High School, 2007-08
- Red Mountain High School, 2007-08
- Westwood High, 2008-09
Paradise Valley Unified School District #69
- Paradise Valley High, 1992-93
Peoria Unified School District #11
- Cactus High School, 2008-09
- Centennial High School, 2008-09
- Liberty High School, 2008-09
- Peoria High School, 2007-08
- Sunrise Mountain High School, 2008-09
Phoenix Union High School District
- Bioscience High School, 2007-08
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Schools
- Salt River High School, 2008-09
Scottsdale Unified School District #48
- Arcadia High School, 2007-08
Tempe Union High School District
- Corona del Sol, 2008-09
- Desert Vista, 2008-09
- Marcos de Niza, 2008-09
- McClintock High School, 2008-09
Tolleson Union High School District
- Sierra Linda High School, 2008-09
