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2005 National DNA Day "Teach the Teachers"On March 11, 2005, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) gathered 11 high school science teachers in Bethesda, M.D. for the first "Teach the Teachers" workshop to prepare educators for National DNA Day on April 25. Following the talks, Belen Hurle, Ph.D., a science educator fellow in the Education and Community Involvement Branch, led the teachers through two, hands-on activities: a DNA extraction from a strawberry, and a DNA modeling activity. The teachers, who were from Maryland and Virginia, then toured NHGRI laboratories, getting a rare, inside look at the cutting-edge research that takes place at the institute. National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in April 1953. To ensure that the teachers' genomic learning experience continues well beyond 2005 National DNA Day, each educator was paired with a "DNA Day Mentor" - a member of the NHGRI staff who will serve as a scientific resource for the teacher and his or her students throughout the entire school year. NHGRI's Education and Community Involvement Branch plans to evaluate the "Teach
the Teachers" program to assess its impact and build upon its success in
future years. Contact Belen Hurle, Ph.D. Pictured in the Photo: Back: (left to right) Tanya Jenkins-Johnson, Frederick Douglass HS; Shirley Ann Lowery, Suitland School; Zachary Norris, Baltimore Freedom Academy; Erick Brown, Tall Oaks Vocational School; Stephen Stevens, Bladensburg High School; Hovig Artinian, Booker T. Washington Middle School. Middle: (left to right)Belen Hurle, NHGRI; Brooke Bourne, Oxon Hill High School. Front: (left to right) Barbara Bilgre, Washington-Lee High School; Lillian Simmons-Brown, Hebron High School; Clemontene Rountree, Northwestern High School; Angelique Bosse, Montgomery Blair High School.
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