community teaching opportunities
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Communityteaching opportunities
Lisa Scheifele PhDExecutive Director
Baltimore Underground Science Space (BUGSS)
www.bugssonline.org
Community labs provide citizen access to a reasonably equipped molecular biology lab
diybio.org
People who work in community labs are a diverse group
ArtistsLawyersScientistsHigh school teachers
and studentsComputer programmersEngineersEntrepreneurs
DIY Biology takes a broad view ofscience
Focus on molecular bio, microbiology, synthetic biology
DIY Biology takes a broad view ofscience
Focus on molecular bio, microbiology, synthetic biology
Collaborative research Biodiversity of Inner
Harbor Build-a-Genome
DIY Biology takes a broad view ofscience
Focus on molecular bio, microbiology, synthetic biology
Collaborative research Biodiversity of Inner
Harbor Build-a-Genome
Interdisciplinary projects Bio-Art Food & Brewing Science and Society Hardware & bioprinting
So what kinds of teaching opportunities exist at a community lab?
Level 1- For those new to teaching, who want an introductory experience with a small timecommitmentTeaching Assistant Assist with a lab class
at BUGSS Deliver 1-2 mini-lectures Low-pressureenvironment
Level 1- For those new to teaching, who want an introductory experience with a small timecommitment
Lab Skill Night 2 hr hands-on course 2-6 people/class Teach one techniqueRestriction digest, gel
electrophoresis bacterialtransformation, SDS-PAGE
Teaching Assistant Assist with a lab class
at BUGSS Deliver 1-2 mini-lectures Low-pressureenvironment
Level 2- For those who want experience teachingand designing courses
Teach a course (1- 4 sessions of ~4 hours each)
Instructors will receive student feedbackon course design and implementation.
Opportunity to teach course several timesto adapt, revise,and show improvement
Third Level – for those who want the opportunity to adapt their own research into a teaching setting
Develop a hands-on course based onyourresearch 1- 4 sessions of ~4 hours each
Mentoring will be provided to determine the appropriate scopeand level of course content
Discussions of the ethical and social impacts of the researchencouraged
Upcoming TeachingOpportunities Lab Skills Night: Thursday July 12th and 26th 7-9
pm Bacterial Transformation
Great Globs of Gluten Saturday July 13th 10am - 1pm What is gluten? How is it produced? How is it metabolized?
Build-a-Genome 3 Saturdays Sept 7th-21st (9am-1 pm) A course on genome structure and evolution in yeast
Analyzing the Inner Harbor
2 Sat's Sept 28th and Oct 5th
(9am-1 pm) Bioinformatics analysis of 18S metagenomics data
Otheropportunities
Public outreach Open houses for the public, school
groups, community fairs, blogging Increase public understanding ofscience
Otheropportunities
Public outreach Open houses for the public, school
groups, community fairs, blogging Increase public understanding ofscience
Mentor a research project Help with literature reviews,
designing protocols, supervising lab work,creating presentations
Gain experience mentoring students
Otheropportunities
Public outreach Open houses for the public, school
groups, community fairs, blogging Increase public understanding ofscience
Mentor a research project Help with literature reviews,
designing protocols, supervising lab work,creating presentations
Gain experience mentoring students
Give a seminar Present your research to the public Gain experience communicating to a
lay audience
Please contact us for moreinfo!
Email BUGSS: [email protected]
Email Lisa [email protected]
Sign up for our email list: www.bugssonline.org/mailing-list
Check us out online: www.bugssonline.org@Bugsslab (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIN)