Charlotte, North Carolina — Futurelab+, an educational initiative from Discovery Education and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, introduces new free capstone project resources for students in grades 9-12 that can be used to apply biotechnology knowledge to real-world scenarios. Futurelab+ strives to increase the number and diversity of students receiving quality biotechnology education through digital resources and industry and community connections.
Future Laboratory+ offers a comprehensive biotechnology curriculum for high school students that includes innovative content that addresses health equity and the importance of promoting inclusion and representation in clinical research. The final resources provide students and teachers with a variety of tools that support the creation of projects that demonstrate students' knowledge and skills as they are applied to a real-world problem in the field of biotechnology.
Resources include a project management guide, a final student journal, project starters, rubrics, and project examples. Included in the resources are 13 in-class activities for students to explore topics in microbial bioremediation, antibiotic susceptibility testing, biomedical engineering design challenges, and many more. Starting in October, educators will also have access to a Masterclass video series designed to support the implementation of a final year of study for biotechnology or any career and technical education course of study.
“Student-led independent research projects that challenge students to select topics and synthesize what they learn prepare them for success beyond graduation. With the new Futurelab+ capstone project, students everywhere can apply STEM learning to solve real-world problems,” said Ragnar von Schiber, Director of Employee and Community Engagement at Genentech.
Additionally, Futurelab+ now features a new site navigation table of contents to make it easy to find Futurelab+ resources, as well as fully editable student capture sheets in English and Spanish to support the comprehensive biotechnology curriculum. Accompanying instructional materials are designed to meet national education and industry standards to focus on in-demand skills and career paths in biotechnology.
Futurelab+ builds on Genentech's successful Futurelab, a program for schools in South San Francisco launched in 2015 to support students' pursuit of STEM careers. The initiative focuses on historically excluded groups, with the goal of ultimately building a more representative scientific and medical workforce that reflects the diversity of the people it serves. Genentech has invested more than $35 million in Futurelab since 2015, and the program currently supports South San Francisco's 8,000 K-12 students and their teachers. Futurelab+ is made possible by a collaborative network of partners led by Genentech and Discovery Education and supported by the Bay Area Biosciences Education Community, Jobs for the Future, Ignited Education, the American Institutes for Research, and the California Academy of Sciences .
“With Futurelab+, students immerse themselves in practical science, unleashing their curiosity and developing career-ready skills. “We are proud to partner with Genentech to ensure that all students have the opportunity to explore biotechnology and related fields,” said Amy Nakamoto, executive vice president of corporate partnerships at Discovery Education. “These final resources expand Futurelab+'s strength as a reference resource, allowing students to demonstrate learning contextually.”
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