AZ/TUC/Biology/BioME (Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems)

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Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems

BioME (Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems) is a NSF-funded program designed to spark K-12 students’ interest in the biological sciences while improving graduate students’ abilities to communicate science. The program partners University of Arizona life sciences graduate students with K-12 teachers throughout Tucson in order to bring a set of unifying biological concepts encompassing ecology, evolution, genomics, biodiversity, and biocomplexity into the classroom. http://www.bio5.arizona.edu/bioME/index.php/home

BioME is currently offering two programs:

BioMEET

BioMEET is an annual event that showcases BioME activities conducted throughout the year at all participating schools. http://www.bio5.arizona.edu/bioME/index.php/program-activities/biomeet

Summer Institute

Each year, BioME kicks off with a week-long Summer Institute for graduate fellows and participating K-12 teachers. The Institute develops and strengthens relationships between teacher and fellow partners as they work together to answer questions through hands-on life science investigations.

http://www.bio5.arizona.edu/bioME/index.php/program-activities/summer-institute

BioME in the Classroom

BioME Graduate Fellows are doing with K-12 students in (and out of) the classroom:

http://www.bio5.arizona.edu/bioME/index.php/program-activities