Science Express William Bayley

Science Express Provides Instrumentation Professional Development Standards Based Lab Exercises Instrument Delivery On-going Support

Science Express Data for 2007 Number of Teachers78 Number of Studentsover 13,000 Number of Deliveries543 Number of Instrument Daysover 3,000

Science Express Service History 4,000 visits 300,000 miles Student-instrument interactions –Over 200,000

Program Rationale and Operation Help both teachers and students understand how science is performed in the world today Develop both a comfort level and a familiarity with the use and application of modern technologies To enhance laboratory experiences

Success of the Program “The instruments are very useful. I plan to use more of them because the instruments are the highlight of the year. The students feel they are doing something important when they use the equipment. The equipment also provides technical-training and an opportunity for ‘real’ science.”

Instrumentation Infrared Spectrophotometer (2) Gas Chromatographs (11) High Pressure Liquid Chromatographs (4) UV/Visible Spectrophotometers (4) Polymerase Chain Reaction Lab – PCR (2) Atomic Force Microscope (1) Visible Spectrophotometers (72)

Instrumentation Gel Electrophoresis (8) Nuclear Scalers (48) Digital Multimeters (10) pH meters (60) Hach Water Kits (18) Vernier Probes (too many to count) Microscopes (14)

Instrumentation Stir/Hot Plates (48) Horse skeleton (4) Microfuge (4) Van Der Graaf generator (2) Liquid Nitrogen (4) Videos (many)

Most Important

Professional Development Theory Instruction Instrument Instruction Hands-On Laboratory Experience Curriculum Development Classroom Integration

Standards Based Lab Exercises Teacher Designed Labs –Demystification Labs –Introductory Labs –Intermediate Level Labs –Advanced Placement Labs

Details $300 a year per teacher Refresher training once every 2 years Delivery schedule on-line

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