Biotechnology in Your School
National Science Foundation Grant No. DUE 0757292. 
WSU Spokane CityLab—in collaboration with Spokane Community College and the EWU Biotechnology Program, and supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation—offered a professional experience for science teachers and career counselors.
The goal of this grant was to implement and evaluate a three-phase Biotechnology Education Infusion Program (BEI) to assist science teachers and career counselors to effectively deliver information about biotechnology career opportunities to students, leading to
- enhanced student knowledge about the industry,
- enhanced laboratory skills sets, and
- an increase in the numbers of students entering the biotechnology work force.
Details of the BEI program including goals, objectives, strategies and project outcomes can be found here. A copy of the NSF final report providing student, teacher and counselor outcomes; and recommendations for STEM educators and professional development providers can be found here.
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Resources for teachers and counselors
The following are resources used and approved by middle and high school BEI teachers and counselors.
Biotechnology Education Infusion (BEI) Guide
Career brochure
BioRad kits
Electrophoresis labs
Equipment loan program
Contact information
Sylvia Oliver, PhD
Director, Health Science Laboratory Operations and Education Outreach, WSU Spokane Telephone: 509.358.7635
E-mail: olivers@wsu.edu Mailing: PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210
Shipping : 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202
Suzanne Bassett, PhD
Life Science Instructor, Spokane CommunityCollege Telephone: 509.533.7433
E-mail: sbassett@scc.spokane.edu Mailing: MS 2070, 1810 N. Greene St., Spokane, WA 99217
Debra Schultz, MS
K–12 Science Consultant Telephone: 509.838.2160
E-mail: fixschultz@earthlink.net
Randy Knuth, PhD
Evaluation Consultant, Knuth Research,Inc. Telephone: 509.951.8278
E-mail: Randy@knuthresearch.comWebsite: www.KnuthResearch.com
