STEM Professional Development

Levi PatrickSTEM News

Professional Development Opportunity from the Biotechnology Department faculty and student led under direction of Dr. Diana Spencer

Who: Middle School and High School STEM Teachers
When: Monday, July 27, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Tulsa Community College – Southeast Campus, 10300 East 81st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133

  • Teachers will receive $75 Stipend
  • 20 spots available
  • Teachers will load Kool aid in a gel
  • Educators will learn about restriction enzymes and load “cut” DNA in a gel to run with gel electrophoresis.
  • Faculty will learn about biotechnology enzymes in the lab and will make cheese.
  • Teachers will extract DNA from strawberries.
  • Teachers will do a paper/scissors simulation of a vector with target DNA ligation (process previous to DNA transformation)

Register by July 1: Email your name, summer email address, and school to Michelle Moore, michelle@tulsastem.org or call 918-863-8707.

Sponsored by Williams and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.