Red Layer Microbial Observatory Pre-College Outreach Activities Using Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology to Enhance Learning

National Science Foundation Western Oregon University Yellowstone National Park Waksman Foundation

About This Program

Our RLMO project provides the basis for a variety of education opportunities for secondary level students (8-12th grade), many in partnership with other organizations.  Using original materials from our research on new hot spring bacteria from Yellowstone, we provide hands-on methods in microbial diversity, identification, and DNA methods (hands-on biotechnology and computer-based). 

If you are a local teacher who is interested in arranging a special event of your own please contact Sarah Boomer at:

email:  boomers@wou.edu
office phone:  (503) 838-8209

Pre-College Outreach Activities for Fall 2005 – Currently Under Construction
Local teachers interested in special classroom or after-school activities should contact us directly.

Current Partnerships

	Western Adventures in Math & Science (WAMS) Western Oregon University www.wou.edu/nsmwams
	Oregon GEAR-UP Oregon State/Federally-Funded Program http://gearup.ous.edu/
	Saturday Academy (SA) Oregon State University http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/academy/

Previous Workshops

Date	Audience	Leader(s)	Duration	Activities
Spring, 06	Winston High School Fieldtrip, 12 students, 7^th-9^th grade	Kelly Shipley	5 hours, 1 day	DNA Isolation and DNA Fingerprinting
Spring, 06	Cascade High School Fieldtrip, 20 students, 9^th-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	5 hours, 1 day	DNA Isolation and DNA Fingerprinting
Spring, 06	Cascade High School visit, 51 students, 9^th -10^th grade	Kelly Shipley	1.5 hours, 1 day	DNA Isolation
Winter, 06	Cascade High School visit, 36 students, 9^th – 10^th grade	Kelly Shipley	1.5 hours, 1 day	DNA Isolation
Fall, 05	Grandhaven Elementary School Science Club, 16 students, 2^nd – 5^th grade	Kelly Shipley	1 hr, 4 days	Basic Microbiology
Fall, 05	North Clackamas High School Fieldtrip, 22 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	5 hrs, 1 day	Antibiotics / Microbiology
Fall, 05	GEAR-UP/SLIME Cohort, 6 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 4 days	Microbiology/Biotechnology
Summer, 05	GEAR-UP/Campus Human Genome Project, 16 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	Computational Biology
Summer, 05	GEAR-UP/Campus Human Genome Project, 16 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	DNA Isolation/Analysis
Spring, 05	GEAR-UP/SLIME Cohort, 5 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	3 hrs, 1 day	Biotechnology
Spring, 05	GEAR-UP/SLIME Cohort, 5 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	9 hrs, 3 days	Microbiology
Spring, 05	Saturday Academy (OSU) 12 students, 6-8^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	Life and Death of Bacteria
Winter, 05	WAMS, 6 students, 2-5^th grade	Kelly Shipley	2.5 hrs, 1 day	Introduction to Microbiology
Winter, 05	GEAR-UP/Central, 150 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	2X1-hour classes on site	PCR and DNA Fingerprinting
Winter, 05	WAMS, 5 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	3 hrs, 1 day	Introduction to Immunology
Winter, 05	Saturday Academy (OSU) 12 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	DNA Isolation and Fingerprinting
Winter, 05	GEAR-UP/SLIME Cohort, 5 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	3 hrs, 1 day	Introduction to Microbiology
Winter, 05	GEAR-UP/Central, 150 students, 9-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	2X1-hour classes on site	DNA Isolation
Winter, 05	WAMS, 11 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	DNA Fingerprinting
Fall, 04	Saturday Academy (OSU) 12 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	DNA Isolation and Fingerprinting
Fall, 04	WAMS, 3 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	3 hrs, 1 day	Antibiotics
Fall, 04	WAMS, 4 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	4 hrs, 1 day	Life and Death of Bacteria
Summer, 04	WAMS, 3 students, 8-12^th grade	Kelly Shipley	9 hrs, 3 days	Hands-On Biotechnology
Spring, 04	WAMS, 0 students, cancelled	Sarah Boomer	6 hrs, 2 days	Microbial Diversity
Spring, 04	Central Western Oregon Science Expo/Junior Academy of Sciences, 2 students, 8-12th grade	Danny Lodge	3 hrs, 1 day	DNA Isolation DNA Databases
Fall-Winter, 04	Upward Bound 6 students, 9-12th grade	Kelly Shipley	15 hours, 5 mo	Microbial Diversity
Summer, 03	Upward Bound 9 students, 9-12th grade	Jared Brougher	15 hrs, 5 wks	Microbial Diversity
Summer, 02	Saturday Academy (OSU) 8 students, 8-12th grade	Danny Lodge	6 hrs, 2 days	DNA Isolation DNA Fingerprinting DNA Databases
Spring, 02	Saturday Academy (OSU) 1 student, 11th grade	Danny Lodge	12 hrs, 1 term	DNA Isolation DNA Fingerprinting DNA Sequencing
Spring, 02	Upward Bound 20 students, 9-12th grade	Carla Osterle	3 hrs, 1 day 1 hr, 1 day	Microbial Diversity Biotechnology
Summer, 01	Saturday Academy (OSU) 8 students, 8-12th grade	Jessica Cameron	3 hrs/1 day	DNA Fingerprinting DNA Sequencing DNA Databases
Summer, 01	Upward Bound 2 students, 11-12th grade	Jessica Cameron	30 hrs/6 wks	Microbial Diversity Molecular Biology
Spring, 01	Junior Academy of Science 10 students, 8-12th grade	Danny Lodge Michele Hase	2 hrs/1 day	DNA Fingerprinting DNA Sequencing