The String Theory or How to Connect with Teaching

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The String TheoryorHow to Connect with Teaching

• By Martha Talamas Medina

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TV
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My Future!
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Moon Colony, Here I Come!
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The Road is Convoluted!
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Teaching 101--1993

• 7th graders are odd
• 8th graders try harder
• You can stand on your head, but they may not know
  it
• Their bodies are growing, not necessarily their
  brains
• Take a breath!

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Regional Biotech

• Grant proposed and written by Dr. George Eyambe
  from UTPA
• 4 years
• Various modules that connect to biotechnology
• Biotechnology-one of the fastest growing sciences

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Regional Biotech
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DNA
Exposed!
Isolate Your Own DNA and Wear it in a Pendant
Module based on a kit from Bio-Rad Laboratories,
Inc.
Adapted by Dan Murray from a presentation by Stan
Hitomi Monte Vista High School, Danville,
CA. Kirk Brown Tracy High School, Tracy, CA.
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Were just scooping up some cells!
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DNA or The Fingerprint of Life
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DNA is Captured

• Cheek cells are scooped
• Pipettes are used
• Small micro tubes are used
• Technique is encouraged
• DNA info is re-enforced
• We are something!

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BacteriaIts all around us!
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Tools of Microbiology
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Bacteria

• DNA implantation
• Glow gene from jelly fish
• Potatoes and piglets
• Ampicillin resistant strains
• MRSA
• Medical Microbiology
• Technique in the hospital setting

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Field Trips
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More Field Trips
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UTPA
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UTPA, the Campus
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Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
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Sickle Cell Anemia or Not
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Integration of Regional Biotech in the Classroom

• Make it relevant to the students past
• Make it relevant to their present
• Definitely make it relevant to the Future

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Philosophy of Teaching

• Every teacher needs one
• Every student hopes for one
• Every parent thinks its done
• Keep in mind the children are OUR future!

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Mine, a Mothers

• Philosophy
• All children learn they learn by our example.
  We get to choose what that example will be.
• Thank you.
• Martha T. Medina
• VMHS/HST