ISKME and 23andMe invite educators to submit their ideas for ways to study life and social sciences using their own personal genetic information. Five winners will be selected to receive 23andMe kits ($99 value) and training that will enable them to create high quality education materials. Apply here.
ISKME and 23andMe invite educators to submit their ideas for ways to study life and social sciences using their own personal genetic information. Five winners will be selected to receive 23andMe kits ($99 value) and training that will enable them to create high quality education materials. Apply here.
The ISKME & 23andMe Learning Challenge aims to increase awareness of the rapidly advancing field of personal genomics among Middle School and High School educators and to inspire them to integrate personal genomics as a learning tool in classrooms. Personal genetics and genealogy tools can be used to teach key concepts in biology, anthropology, geography, bioethics, and other subject areas.
Educators will be invited to submit proposals of instructional design plans to the following challenge:
- The Human Genome Collection on OER Commons
- Green Elementary School Lesson Plans explore ancestry, geography analysis and animal comparisons.
- Tales from the Genome Course weave in personal stories about genetics from trait representatives and experts in the genetics field.
- Who Are You? Revelations from the Personal Genome Course evaluates the science underlying genetic analysis of human ancestry.
- 23andMe Genetic Art Contest invited participants to submit their depictions of DNA, chromosomes, genes and genetics concepts such as heredity and inheritance. The winners will be on display at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California.
- Closing the Gap: Inverting the Genetics Curriculum to Ensure an Informed Public
- Getting a head start: The importance of personal genomics education in high school
- 23 and Me Academic Program Teaching Resource
- Innovative (represents a new or re-imagined approach)
- Personal (infuses storytelling and real world connections)
- Cross-disciplinary (incorporates more than one subject area: science, humanities, art, math, technology, etc.)
- Engaging (provides students opportunities to interact in various ways)
- December: Launch the Learning Challenge at Big Ideas Fest.
- January-March: Participants submit proposals.
- March: Proposals due on March 31, 2015
Eligability: 23andMe kits are not available for Maryland or New York residents because of current state regulations.
- April: Proposals assessed and winners announced. 23andMe DNA kits mailed to winners. Kick-off online training with teachers to share resources, answer questions, and support winners in finalizing and implementing their instructional design plans.
- May: Winners implement their instructional design plans, and author and share their genetics curriculum using Open Author on OER Commons. Genetics curriculum will be featured on the academic program landing page and 23andMe blogpost.