Design and Implementation of a Genomics Field Trip Program Aimed at Secondary School Students

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  McQueen, Jennifer ^a   Wright, Jody J ^a   Fox, Joanne A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CURRICULA; GENES; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; FIELD TRIPS; GENOMICS; GENOMICS TOOLS; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; RESEARCH FACILITIES; SCHOOL STUDENTS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS;

GENOME;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAREER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENOMICS; GRADUATE STUDENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 84866079028     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002636     Document Type: Article

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