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Education Foundation - 2009 Funded Education & Outreach Projects
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Funding for outreach projects is available to ASPB members through the Education Foundation Grants.

Most successful projects relate to the 12 Principles of Plant Biology developed by the Foundation.

 

DNA for Dinner covers topics relating to genetic diversity, genetic codes, genomes, DNA, organism's building blocks, biotechnology and risks and benefits, will be introduced. Each lesson includes background, hands-on activities, word definitions, math puzzles, discussion suggestions, questions to ask and leads to finding more information. Peggy Lemaux, PhD and Barbara Alonso, both of UC-Berkeley, developed this resource with support from ASPB Education Foundation and others. Materials Dr. Lemaux developed for related projects funded with earlier grants from ASPB are available, too.

Plant Clippings is a website centered on a collection of 10 short videos, each highlighting different aspects of the 12 Principles of Plant Biology. The episodes show how Detectives Appleby and Root solve plant-based crimes for the Photosynthetic Organism Detective Service, or PODS.

The videos were developed through collaboration between plant biologists Lacy Nelson and ASPB member Ken Korth at the University of Arkansas Department of Plant Pathology, and students in the TV Production program under the direction of Peggy James at Fayetteville (Arkansas) High School.

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