This project has produced a high school curriculum that integrates academic (biology) and technical (biotechnology) education to create opportunities for all students to progress to higher education and to enter the high-skilled workforce. EDC works with education and industry advisors to ensure that the curriculum meets these goals. In this phase, we field-tested, evaluated, and revised two units, Microbe Detectives: Solving a Medical Mystery and A Genetic Puzzle: The Search for a Solution.
[This project is inactive but is presented here for archival purposes.]
Director: Judith Leff
Duration: 1999–2005
Website: http://www2.edc.org/bec/
Funder: National Science Foundation