Bioscience

You are currently browsing the archive for the Bioscience category.

Welcome to SciFusion.org

August 10, 2009 in Bioscience, Energy, Healthcare, Informatics, Nanotechnology, New Agriculture by admin | 3 comments

kids

JOIN US to build Wisconsin’s newest science and technology resources for teachers, students and their communities.

Operating under the umbrella of the Wisconsin Science Literacy Project, SciFusion.org is building and gathering tools, content and resources for teachers to integrate into their classrooms. These resources will help develop the critical thinking skills for a highly literate workforce capable of filling the shortages our society is facing in the Bio Sciences, Health Care, Energy, Nanotechnology, New Agriculture and Informatics.

SciFusion’s first demonstration project is in the exciting fields of Bio Sciences and Health Care, and we invite you to click HERE to read the executive summary for more information.

US students lagging in biosciences

July 10, 2009 in Bioscience by admin | 3 comments

Middle and high school students across the country are generally falling behind in life sciences, and the nation is at risk of producing a dearth of qualified workers for the fast-growing bioscience industry, according to a report released Monday.

Students are showing less interest in taking life sciences and science courses, and high schools are doing a poor job of preparing students for college-level science, says the report, funded and researched by Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle, the Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Biotechnology Institute.

The deficiencies will hurt the country’s competitiveness with the rest of the world in the knowledge-based economy, the report concludes.