STEM Ed Announcement: Science/Engineering Saturday Seminars

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is a UMass STEM Ed program
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 There is still a lot of room, so please sign up if you are interested.
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 Science & Engineering Saturday Seminars       Spring, 2013 
 
 Designed for science teachers; new teachers are especially welcome         
 - Five Saturdays each term
 - 8:30-1 at UMass Amherst, Lederle Grad Towers 1033 (except as noted)
 - Educational materials, refreshments, parking, PDP's included
 - Advance registration is required; capacity is limited
 - Cost $30 per session
 - 4 PDP's per half day session
 
 April 6. (Rescheduled from February 9.) Pollen Biology. Alice Y. Cheung,
 Hen-ming Wu, Qiaohong Duan and Yanjiao Zou, UMass
 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Pollen is a specialized
 cell type in plants whose function is to deliver sperm to the female for
 fertilization. Therefore pollen is important for seed formation and
 essential for agriculture, ecology as well as the economy. It is also an
 excellent system for studying many fundamental biological processes,
 including genetics, cell-cell communication and cell growth. Pollen grains
 and pollen tube growth are also visually fascinating to observe. Much of the
 methodology is readily transferable from the research laboratory to the
 teaching laboratory at all levels. In this workshop, we shall introduce
 pollen biology in a short lecture and have experimental set-ups for
 participants to explore during the session. In addition, we will provide a
 protocol packet and some essential experimental materials for participants
 to facilitate their adopting some of the experiments to their classrooms.
 
 Questions: Mort Sternheim, mort@umassk12.net, 413-545-1908,
 www.umassk12.net/sess 
 
 Online seminar registration and payment:
 www.umassk12.net/sess/register.html. Required for everyone.

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