Scripps Research Institute and

Palm Beach County School District

Fred Barch, Science Program Planner barchf@palmbeach.k12.fl.us 561-434-8199

Scripps Announced the Scripps Florida Project

• School District quickly moved to change plans of the newest high school (Seminole Ridge) to include a biotech academy.

• PBC Ed Commission organized a K-20 team to visit Scripps, La Jolla.

• Visits to the top biotech academies in the country – Boston, San Mateo and San Diego.

• Combined the best of the labs and programs to develop Seminole Ridge Academy – opening 8/05.

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Summer 2004 Two teachers spent the summer along side researchers in La Jolla.

This summer, two teachers and three students will spend the summer with research scientists at the FAU Campus.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY CAREER ACADEMY - - Covers biomanufacturing technology from microbiology to aseptic techniques, cell cultures, immunoassay, protein and enzyme assays, DNA applications, quality control, agriculture applications, aquaculture, hydroponics, etc.

This program will be a choice program open to all students in Palm Beach County. It is a rigorous college preparatory program in which a student earns college credits while in high school.

This program will provide rigor and relevance for the students.

•All curriculum tracks will have opportunitiesfor students to explore career possibilities.

•The academy will offer Advance PlacementCoursework and Dual Enrollment through a distance learning lab.

•Efforts will be made to offer our students internship opportunities at local biotechcompanies.

• Any companies interested in hosting interns should contact Fred Barch.

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Career Possibilities

Lab AssistantResearch Associate Greenhouse ManagerClinical Research AssociateQuality Control TechnicianAnimal Technician

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Possibilities for Post Secondary

Studies are endless…

Microbiology

Genetics

Forensic Scientist

Health Care OpportunitiesSatellite Photo of Plankton Bloom being studied in Marine Lab

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Seminole Ridge Biotech Academy • two biotech labs• an outdoor lab• distance learning lab• cooperative learning lab• hydroponic green house.

NASA’s Biological Space-Ag Research Department will assist in developing a Hydroponics Lab.

Business Partnershipscontributed over 300,000.00

• Centers for Disease Control

• South Florida Water Management District

• US Army Corp of Engineers

• Marine Industry Education Foundation

• South Florida Science Museum

• Pine Jog

• Palm Beach Post

• Palm Beach Zoo

• South Florida Fair and Exposition

• Environmental Resource Management

• United Technologies-Pratt &Whitney

• Okeeheelee Nature Center

• Arthur R Marshall, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

• Philippe Cousteau Foundation

• Everglades National Park

New Partnerships

• Scripps, Summer Programs and Outreach.• BDB Life Cluster group.• Dr. Megan Davis, Harbor Branch – Aquaculture.• NASA, Space Ag Program.• Tim Carpenter, Vertigro Hydroponic Systems –

designed and built Epcots Hydroponic System.• Perry Marine Institute and Lee Stocking Island

Research Center.

• Assistance in curriculum design.

• Internship possibilities.

• Guest Speakers

• Committee to review and advise biotech academy offerings.

Create a Bridge from School to Work

Science for the New Millennium• What is Biotech

• Raw Materials of Biotech

• Basic Skills of the Biotech Workplace

• Intro to studying DNA

• Intro to Proteins

• Finding a Potential Biotech Product

• Developing Assays for Biotech Products

• Modeling the Production of a Recombinant Biotech Product

• Bring a Biotech Product to Market

• Introduction to Plants Biotech

• Biotech in Agriculture

• Biotech in Medicine

• Making DNA Molecules

• Advanced Biotech Techniques

Palm Beach County School DistrictQuestions… Contact

Fred Barch, Science Program Planner barchf@palmbeach.k12.fl.us 561-434-8199