2012 GET Conference in Boston, MA on April 25th

pgEd is thrilled to be presenting at the Genes, Environment and Traits (GET) Conference this April in Boston. For more about the meeting, please visit http://www.getconference.org/ 

Our friends at the Personal Genome Project have recently launches a blog, and you can find even more detail about the meeting here:  http://blog.personalgenomes.org/2012/02/07/announcing-the-2012-get-conference/

Brunswick High School - February 29th

Dana is excited to be returning for a workshop with Mrs. Dumont's biology students at Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Maine.  We are going to investigate a number of topics from the world of personal genetics:  DNA and crime, genetic testing of athletes, and some recent examples of families and individuals that have been able to use genetic information to seek medicines and interventions for health issues. Looking forward to it as always! 

pgEd visiting Claremont Academy in Worcester

Lauren, Marnie and Ting are all excited to teach four classes at Claremont Academy, a public high school in Worcester, MA, on Monday, February 13th. We are looking forward to an engaging and exciting discussion with over 80 high school students about personal genetics. 

pgEd presenting at Lesley University

pgEd is excited to present our curriculum to future science teachers on Saturday, February 25th at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Lauren and Marnie will be visiting a science education class to discuss personal genetics and why it's important to teach this topic to high school students. We will do several activities with the students, and provide our curriculum to them. 

Maine School of Science and Math - STEM Collaborative Educator’s Camp

pgEd is happy to announce we will be teaching a week-long course at the Maine School of Science and Math this summer.  We will be there in July for the STEM Collaborative Educator's Camp,  working with teachers from all over Maine.  Teachers, if you are interested in learning more about the camp, please visit their website at: 

http://www.mssm.org/outreach/STEM_Collaborate_Educators_Camp/

The course we are teaching is " Personal Genetics in the High School Classroom: Ethical, Legal, Social and Scientific Issues", and the description is below: 

 This course explores personal genetics and its impact on society.  Through workshop-style sessions, we will look at examples of the hopes, realities and controversies in personal genetics.  We will start with an overview: Why is genetics getting more personal? What has been happening, scientifically and technologically, since the completion of the Human Genome Project?  Starting with scientific questions and concepts, we will make connections to real world opportunities and conundrums our students and their families will face in the coming years.  In this course, we will also explore resources available through the Personal Genetics Education Project for creating lessons plans about personal genetics.