Partnership for Research & Education in Plants (PREP): Involving High School Students in Authentic Research in Collaboration with Scientists.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Brooks, Eric; Dolan, Erin; Tax, Frans
- Source
- American Biology Teacher (National Association of Biology Teachers); March 2011, Vol. 73 Issue 3, p137-142, 6p
- Subject
- Education research
Student participation
Educational cooperation
High schools
Science education (Secondary)
High school students
Plant genomes
Partnerships in education
Inquiry-based learning
Arabidopsis thaliana
Educational standards
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 00027685
A partnership between scientists, high school teachers, and their students provides authentic research experiences to help students understand the nature and processes of science. The Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP) engages students in a large-scale genomics research project using classroom-tested protocols that can help to find the function of a disabled gene in the widely studied plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we describe the framework of PREP in the classroom within the context of the National Science Education Standards. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.