Science Express

William Bayley

Science Express Provides• Instrumentation• Professional

Development• Standards Based Lab

Exercises• Instrument Delivery• On-going Support

Science ExpressData for 2007

Number of Teachers 78

Number of Students over 13,000

Number of Deliveries 543

Number of Instrument Days over 3,000

Science Express Service History

• 4,000 visits

• 300,000 miles

• Student-instrument interactions – Over 200,000

Program Rationale and Operation

• Help both teachers and students understand how science is performed in the world today

• Develop both a comfort level and a familiarity with the use and application of modern technologies

• To enhance laboratory experiences

Success of the Program

• “The instruments are very useful. I plan to use more of them because the instruments are the highlight of the year. The students feel they are doing something important when they use the equipment. The equipment also provides technical-training and an opportunity for ‘real’ science.”

Instrumentation• Infrared Spectrophotometer (2)• Gas Chromatographs (11)• High Pressure Liquid Chromatographs (4)• UV/Visible Spectrophotometers (4)• Polymerase Chain Reaction Lab – PCR

(2)• Atomic Force Microscope (1)• Visible Spectrophotometers (72)

Instrumentation

• Gel Electrophoresis (8)• Nuclear Scalers (48) • Digital Multimeters (10)• pH meters (60)• Hach Water Kits (18)• Vernier Probes (too many to count)• Microscopes (14)

Instrumentation

• Stir/Hot Plates (48)• Horse skeleton (4) • Microfuge (4)• Van Der Graaf generator (2)• Liquid Nitrogen (4)• Videos (many)

Most Important

Professional Development

• Theory Instruction

• Instrument Instruction

• Hands-On Laboratory Experience

• Curriculum Development

• Classroom Integration

Standards Based Lab Exercises

• Teacher Designed Labs–Demystification Labs

–Introductory Labs

–Intermediate Level Labs

–Advanced Placement Labs

Details

• $300 a year per teacher• Refresher training once every 2

years • Delivery schedule on-line

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