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Looking to spice up your science class?  Want to learn new skills?
Become a Foundation Scholar at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

OMRF Presents:
Biology is a Village: The Multifaceted Science of Life

For four weeks in the summer, teachers selected as Foundation Scholars will participate in this hands-on laboratory course at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City. Scholars will design and perform a series of experiments working from intact cells to molecules and involving elements of chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, bioinformatics and computer modeling, and structural biology, together with state-of-the-art update discussions. Using an inquiry-based approach, scholars will gain experience designing an integrated series of projects centered around an initial observation for use in their own classrooms.

Program Dates: June 9 - July 3, 2008

Qualifications: Oklahoma middle and high school science teachers
with a minimum of three years' classroom experience are eligible to apply.

Stipend: $2,000 plus $1,000 in lab/classroom supplies

Deadline: March 1 (postmark)

Click for an application form, or for more information log on to www.OMRF.org or call 405-271-8537
or 800-522-0211.

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