Bioscience Week 2023
Arizona Bioscience Week:
Exploring Pathways to Life and Bioscience Careers
Arizona Bioscience Week is an exciting and enriching event that opens doors to the dynamic world of life and bioscience careers. Arizona is at the forefront of the biomedical and technology industry, your students have incredible opportunities to shape their futures!
In collaboration with the esteemed Flinn Foundation, we have designed this week to empower you and your students. It's a unique chance to engage directly with Arizona's life and bioscience professionals, gaining invaluable insights and inspiration.
Through Bioscience Week and beyond your students have opportunities to connect with experts who are paving the way in these emerging industries.
Moreover, our event extends its reach through the Educator Pro Connect Platform, a resource designed to enrich your teaching experience throughout the year. With Bioscience Week and this platform, we're not just introducing students to careers; we're illuminating pathways to success.
Join us in celebrating Arizona Bioscience Week and seize the incredible educational opportunities it presents. Together, let's inspire the next generation of bioscience leaders!
Why Should You Use for Bioscience Week Resources?
1️⃣ IT’S FREE & ONLINE
🔬 Bring Career Awareness and Relevance to Your Classroom: Bioscience is an ever-evolving field, and our event is designed to help you integrate the latest industry insights into your teaching. It's all about making learning real and engaging!
📚 Valuable Classroom Resources: Gain access to a treasure trove of classroom resources and a special Solve-It Classroom Challenge. These resources are carefully curated to enhance your teaching and empower your students.
🌟 Student Career Toolkit: Equip your students with valuable career readiness tools and lesson resources that will serve them beyond the classroom.
📹 Industry Spotlight Videos: Dive into six eye-opening, on-demand Industry Spotlight videos. Show them in your classes during Bioscience Week and connect with the featured industry professionals later through our Educator Pro Connect platform.
💡 Classroom Engagement Prompts: Foster meaningful discussions with your students after watching the Industry Spotlight videos using our classroom engagement prompts.
The best part? You're not limited to using these resources only during Bioscience Week. We've designed them to seamlessly integrate into your curriculum throughout the school year, ensuring a lasting impact on your students' education.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to inspire your students to explore the fascinating world of bioscience!
Ready to embark on this educational journey with us? Take advantage of the archived 2023 Bioscience Week content below.
Introductions
Join Superintendent Watson and Mary O'Reilly, Ph.D., Vice President, Bioscience Research Programs at the Flinn Foundation, as they guide students through this year's AZ Bioscience Week.
Your classrooms will journey through the healthcare fields and have an opportunity to connect with industry professionals who will inspire students through their career journeys and show them where to begin in these emerging industries!
Classroom Resources
We’ve created easy-to-use classroom resources to engage your students through career toolkits and prompts to think further during the professional spotlights.
Consider these your tools that will help you navigate your classroom through AZ Bioscience Week!
Bioscience Career Toolkit & Placemat: The AZ Bioscience Career Student Toolkit is an excellent opportunity to familiarize your students with our local life and bioscience organizations
Classroom Engagement Ideas: Worksheets and engagement lessons to walk your class through each of the Bioscience Week spotlights.
How-to Guides: These are practical guides with step by step processes to use in your classroom.
Solve-It STEM Challenge: These challenges get student thinking using the The Engineering Design Process. These are created to make your students think and solve real world challenges. This particular challenge is focusing on Heat Exhaustion. Find previous challenges here.
Industry Spotlight
Are you interested in creatively solving problems and working with teams to make a difference in the healthcare industry?
In this Industry Spotlight, Ursula Fletcher, MHA, RN, CPHQ, CPPS, a Nursing Quality Specialist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and Arizona Nurses Association Florence Nightingale Practice Award recipient, will share how she asks the “5 Why’s” to solve problems and work with colleagues to review trends in data leading to innovative solutions in her workplace!
Ursula Fletcher is available to engage with your students through our Educator Pro Connect Platform.
Industry Spotlight
What is the perfect blend of a career that combines science, healthcare, direct patient contact, and technology?
It is a pharmacist!
In this Industry Spotlight, Pharmacist Dr. Nicole Henry, PharmD who leads CVS Pharmacies in the Southwest and is an Assistant Professor for R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, U of A, will share how she wanted a career that would make a difference in the healthcare industry by combining her interest in patient care and love of the sciences.
Dr. Nicole Henry is available to engage with your students through our Educator Pro Connect Platform.
Industry Spotlight
Do you want a career that provides hands-on work and makes a difference in patients' oral healthcare each day?
In this Industry Spotlight, you'll smile from ear to ear as you hear from Brandi Skipper, RDH, a Registered Dental Hygienist from the rural Community Health Center of Yavapai. Brandi will share her passion for educating patients on oral hygiene and care, leading to overall health and well-being and the fun and exciting parts of her career.
Industry Spotlight
Would you like a rewarding career that is in high demand and provides impact in your local community?
In this Industry Spotlight, Amber Bahm, DNP, FNP, a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner at the Community Health Center of Yavapai, will share how rewarding her career is in improving the healthcare of patients of all ages.
Brandi Skipper and Amber Bahm are available to engage with your students through our Educator Pro Connect Platform.
Additional Resources:
Classroom Bioscience Week Survey
Industry Discussion Engagement Ideas: Classroom Discussion Prompts
Industry Spotlight
Do you love kids and want to work with children to develop healthy habits?
In this Industry Spotlight, Pediatrician Dr. Kara Block, MD, will provide insight into what it is like to be a Doctor of Pediatrics and how her passion for treating and educating patients in rural communities brought her back home to the rural community of Yavapai, Arizona.
Industry Spotlight
Did you know PA (Physician Assistant/Associate) has been repeatedly voted as one of the best positions and most needed healthcare professions?
Not to mention, it takes less schooling than a medical doctor!
In this Industry Spotlight, Samantha Johnston, PA-C, a Physician Assistant (PA) at the Community Health Center of Yavapai, will share about the versatility of a PA career and how she can provide both health care and education for her patients.
Dr. Kara Block and Samantha Johnston are available to engage with your students through our Educator Pro Connect Platform.
Additional Resources:
Classroom Bioscience Week Survey
Industry Discussion Engagement Ideas: Classroom Discussion Prompts
Additional Resources:
Pipeline AZ - Career Exploration
Check out AZ Bioscience Week 2022 Content
Want to know more about Educator Pro Connect?
Watch the video below to see how to connect industry professionals with your students for FREE!