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Our programs put science to work for you and your students

Our summer courses immerse you in science concepts, experiments, and activities you can transfer to your classroom. Each course is taught by a team of faculty who bring their expertise in: plant and animal biology, entomology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, microbiology, soil science, physics, biochemistry, genetics, food science, nutrition, and engineering.

Our faculty members bring their expertise in: plant and animal biology, entomology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, microbiology, soil science, physics, biochemistry, genetics, food science, nutrition, and engineering to offer hands-on workshop experiences that bring science to life in ways that are transferable to your classroom.

• Courses align with Ohio Academic Science Standards and €t into your own professional development plan.
• Course assignments meet your classroom planning needs.
• Classes meet daily for one week.
• Enroll for 3 quarter hours of graduate credit or 3.2 continuing education units.


Curriculum for Summer 2005

Biotechnology for Secondary Science Teachers
(Emphasis in Plant and Animal Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Ecology, Food Science, Microbiology)
July 11-15, 2005 — Wooster
• Transgenic Plants and their Impact on the Environment
• Disease Resistance in Plants
• Molecular Disease “Forensics”
• Gene Cloning Techniques
• Restoration Ecology

Biotechnology II
(Emphasis in Plant and Animal Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Microbiology, and Earth Science)
June 20-24, 2005 — Columbus
• Cell to Cell Signaling
• Gene Silencing
• Tree Ecology – Chemical Determinants of Interactions between Trees and Other Organisms
• Xenotransplantation
• Electrocardiography
• Animal Transgenics
• Stem Cell Research
• Protein Electrophoresis
• Fractured Glacial Tills and Their Impact on Soil Ecology and Land Use Decision Making

Environmental Systems Science
(Emphasis in Biology, Ecology, Earth Science, and Technology)
July 18-22, 2005 — Columbus
• Ecological Engineering
• Wetland Ecology
• Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Ecology
• Watershed and Stream Ecology and Restoration
• Geospatial Environmental Technology
• Conservation Biology
• Community Ecology


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Interested, but can't devote an entire week? Contact trefz.2@osu.edu to see how you can register for part of a course(s).