I am finished with the TRC Summer Institute and although I needed the weekend to catchup on my sleep…WOW! I learned so much! I am very excited to go and implement this knowledge into my classroom.
The final day was the Biotechnology Conference at Collin College. It was quite interesting. I was able to listen to a lady who has successfully implemented a biotech program into her high school. She is sending me info on how to start my own…of course I will have to modify to make it fit with the 6th grade curriculum. But if I get it going I could possibly get some other high grade teachers into it with me and get a whole program going! Which would be awesome, especially since there is a great program in place at Collin College and we could possibly work together with them to have students better prepared for their program.
I also learned some very interesting things about recent gene studies and how science is using them to learn more about cholesterol and obesity. There are amazing things out there! I learned about a group that builds these amazing models and LOANS them to teachers! How awesome is that!!! I don’t have their info nearby but I will be sure to post it soon.
Well I am off to pack for the TRC Conference in Austin. I leave tomorrow…I will be sure to tweet the goings-on there and blog when I return!
~Ms.O
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