COASTAL MARINE BIOLABS

NeuroLab builds upon the foundation of a prior informal science education (ISE) project funded through the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program. This five-year effort engaged high school students in immersive residential research experiences that bridged developmental neuroscience and comparative functional genomics, and connected them to resources developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Through their participation in these authentic ISE experiences, students explored the most updated models of nervous system hardwiring and helped identify new molecular genetic tools to visualize neurons as this dynamic process unfolds during embryonic development... To expand project impacts, our focus has shifted to the high school science classroom and developing a pathway for teachers to pursue a new vision of science teaching and learning articulated in the National Research Council's Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation..