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Developers create site to
teach biotechnology
Professors respond to
public's growing interest
in subject
By Luis R. Jimenez
Staff
Writer
The growing interest in recent years for the modern
field of biotechnology caused a team of horticulture and agriculture
professors to develop a Web site aimed at informing students and the
public about the basics and fundamentals of biotechnology.
Natalie Carroll, an associate professor in agricultural
and biotechnology engineering, and one of the developers of the Web
site, http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/teachers,
stated that the main goal of the site is to introduce both youth and
adults, into the agricultural field of biotechnology and introduce them
to the science behind it.
"There is so much interest in the public about
biotechnology," she said.
According to Carroll, the Web site was originally
part of HORT 590, "Introduction to Agricultural Biotechnology," a graduate-level
course for high school teachers taught at Purdue.
Then, in sight of a growing interest in the field,
a newer version which is at was developed for public access containing
most of the material the original Web site had, except for certain features
only useful to students of that course.
She said that she has received e-mails from high
school teachers who have found the Web site to be a useful resource
in helping their science students in understanding the material.
She said that Web site especially excels in providing
the visitor with enhanced accessibility to the information on the subject
as well as animation that helps explain the advances in the biotechnological
field.
Carroll said biotechnology is a field that is changing
rapidly, so one of the concerns when developing the site is not staying
up to date with the advances in the field.
"The main concern of the Web site is providing
a good strong basis and background so that people can form their own
opinions about this new technology," she said.
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