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Biology at
Washington & Jefferson College
HHMI:
Undergraduate
Science Education Program
Active Science Initiative (ASI)
The Active Science Initiative (ASI) connects
W&J faculty with middle school and ninth grade
teachers and their students. Workshops for area
teachers have been held in June for the past
five years beginning in 1998.
A nutrition student of Dr.
Alice G. Lee helping two students from Trinity
Middle School
In a two-week
workshop worth six graduate credits, W&J science
faculty teach the background knowledge and
laboratory techniques for a particular topic.
Public school teachers leave ASI workshops with
enhanced teaching skills and hands-on laboratory
experience to use in their classes. During the
academic year, the students of these teachers
participate in a relevant undergraduate lab at
W&J. In addition to the stipends listed below,
$1,000 is budgeted for supplies for use during
the workshop. Also, participating teachers
receive $500 to purchase supplies and materials
for their classrooms.
Number of teachers, faculty members, and
support:
8 each teachers each summer will receive a
stipend of $1,500 for participating in the
two-week summer workshops
Participating faculty:
Summer 1998: Backyard Biology conducted by
Dr. Thomas Hart and Dr. Roy Ickes
Summer 1999: Heredity conducted by Dr. Alice
Lee and Ms. Diane Arnott
Summer 2000: The Cell conducted by Dr. Candy
DeBerry and Dr. Richard Dryden
Summer 2001: Nutrition conducted by Dr. Alice
Lee and Dr. Patricia Brletic
Summer 2002: Forensics conducted by Dr. Candy
DeBerry and Dr. Elizabeth Bennett
Contact personnel:
Dr. Anne McGrain, Biology Outreach
Coordinator
724-250-3352
amcgrain@washjeff.edu
Dr. Alice G. Lee, HHMI Program Director
724-223-5283
aglee@washjeff.edu
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