Professional Development for High School Teachers July 17-18, 2013; 9:30-4:00 Boston, MA Earn 12 PDPs for the two-day session Cost: $30 (scholarships available)
Personal Genetics in the High School Classroom: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues
Current high school students are … Continue reading
When the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA)was signed into law by President Bush in 2008, Senator Kennedy called it ” The first major new civil rights bill of the century”. Five years later, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Continue reading
High School teachers often examine the biology of Huntington’s Disease in their classes. A rare, devasting neurological disorder, it is an outlier compared to many other conditions because of its dominant inheritance pattern and it is 100% penetrant.
For … Continue reading
Hello teachers,
As promised at the GETed conference, we are starting a new feature at pgEd to help teachers and others keep up with the torrent of news related to genetics and society. In the past few weeks, the subject … Continue reading
At the National Science Teacher Association meeting, a number of teachers expressed a difficulty they have in including the latest issues in personal genetics into their classrooms – time! As we all well know, teachers are being asked to do … Continue reading
Dana had a great visit to San Antonio, thanks to the many wonderful, enthusiastic and creative teachers at the National Science Teacher Association conference. We were pleased to have a great crowd for our talk, and really appreciated the … Continue reading
The annual Genomes, Environments and Trait conference, organized by our friends at the Personal Genome Project is upon us. As usual, they have arranged a fascinating, interdisciplinary line up of speakers - and … Continue reading
We are putting the finishing touches on our talk “Genetics Gets Personal: Teaching the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Personal Genetics”, which we are so excited to present at the National Science Teacher Association meeting in San … Continue reading
pgEd is so excited to launch our newest educational tool – Map-Ed!
Go to Map-Ed.org and work your way through five questions about genetics to pin yourself on a world map. No expertise in genetics necessary! Questions are multiple-choice, and … Continue reading
pgEd was happy to be asked to spend the day with students at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I was invited by a student, D.J. Brooks, who I met this summer at Mount Desert Island Biological Lab’s … Continue reading