Workshops
Through 2004, a summer workshop for high school teachers interested in participating in the DNA sequencing project was held on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Shorter workshops were held at other times of the year at program partner sites and national and regional teachers' meetings.

Beginning in summer 2007, high school teachers may attend a one week workshop on our new authentic research curriculum, Investigating the Effects of Genes and Environment on Smoking Behavior.

Summer 2007 Workshop Information

Written Materials

• Teaching Modules. The complete contents of our complete DNA sequencing and ethics modules are available to download.
• Sequence Data. Download student data as well as sequence analysis programs.
• Lesson plans, assessments, and slide shows. Teacher developed materials for use with our sequencing program.

Coming soon online: the new Investigating Smoking Behavior curriculum

Teacher Research Experience
In summers 2001-2004, six teachers spent the summer learning more about drug abuse research by working in a University of Washington laboratory in our 6 - 8 week Teacher Research Experience.
Further information.

Scientist Volunteers
If you are a scientist and interested in volunteering at a high school as they genotype candidate genes for nicotine addiction, please contact mmunn at u.washington.edu (substitute @ for "at"). Detailed information on scientist-teacher partnerships is also available.