Summer Opportunities with GLBRC
Survey Thank You!
Upcoming Events and Professional Development Opportunities

Summer Opportunities with GLBRC (more details available for all opportunities described on our programs page)

Research Experience for Teachers (UW-Madison): This six-week program allows teachers to work with a GLBRC mentor to learn about ongoing research and to translate it into classroom material. Open to instructors from middle school through technical college level. Application deadline Feb. 28, 2010. (click here for pdf)

Bioenergy Institute for Educators (UW-Madison): This 8 day program for teams of educators focuses on the process of creating biofuels and evaluating sustainability of different methods. Run with the Wisconsin Fast Plants program with an emphasis on inquiry instruction at the secondary level. Rolling applications and admission until May 3, 2010.

Research Experience for Undergraduates:

UW-Madison:
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP): Participating undergraduate students will spend ten weeks in a bioenergy laboratory or at a field site conducting full-time research in microbial conversion of biomass to biofuels, genomics, enzymology, protein structure, molecular biology, plant breeding, or sustainability analysis. Students will also meet twice a week for journal reviews, tours of field sites and research labs, and presentations by guest lecturers.

Michigan State University:
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS): This summer undergraduate research program focuses on the sustainability of biofuels. In addition to working with a mentor on an individual research project, students will participate in weekly discussions focusing on environmental, ecological, and economic implications of alternative biofuel practices. Students also will meet researchers working on different aspects of biofuel production, from engineering systems to molecular biology, and take field trips to production facilities.

East Lansing Campus: The ten week program is designed to give students experience in the theory and practice of bioenergy in the areas of biology, chemistry, chemical engineering and computational sciences, as a part of the Plant Genomics Internship experience at MSU. It includes a variety of projects and participating laboratories and will collaborate with the field-oriented KBS summer research experience (described above) for common experiences. While the main emphasis is on gaining laboratory experience, the program includes informal lectures from faculty and social activities.

Survey Thank You!

Thank you to all who responded to our first survey about our website and educational materials. It was useful to learn which activities are in use and which ones you are planning to use.

In answer to some of your comments:
–To see a full list of our educational materials click here
–To see a full list of other useful materials on biofuels click here
–If you said you were interested in scheduling professional development with us, you forgot to send us your contact information, so please get in touch directly! education@glbrc.wisc.edu

Upcoming Events Calendar and Professional Development Opportunities

Are you interested in staff professional development workshops on biofuels? please contact us directly. For details on the events below, please visit our website calendar.

February 15—Whys and Wows! Discovery World, Milwaukee WI

February 18—UW-Madison Mazomanie Outreach Outpost (MOO), Mazomanie, WI

February 19—BTCI-Wired Biotechnology class, Fitchburg, WI

February 25—Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium, Madison, WI

March 6—MSTA, Michigan Science Teacher Association, Lansing, MI

March 20—NSTA, National Science Teachers Association, Philadelphia, PA

April 10—Science Expeditions. Madison, WI

April 15-17—WSST, Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers, LaCrosse, WI

We encourage you to visit our website at least once a month to look for new materials we have posted. 
http://www.greatlakesbioenergy.org/education/

Feel free to contact us with questions or feedback at education@glbrc.wisc.edu or call 608-890-2828. If you know others who would like to be added to this list, please send us their contact information including name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, city, state and day-time phone number.

GLBRC is supported by the Department of Energy and DOE Bioenergy Research Centers