More than 300 students from four local schools will participate in the fourth annual Bio-Tech Science Fair on Friday, January 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Forum at the Genesee Community College Batavia Campus.
Students from Batavia High School will mentor and lead fourth-grade students from Byron-Bergen, Elba, John Kennedy and Pavilion elementary schools through a series of experiments and hands-on science activities.
The high school ‘student teachers’ will guide the elementary ‘student learners’ through activities and labs that will expose them to interesting, challenging and current science topics with an emphasis on biotechnology. The student teachers will explore the area of teaching sciences and the rapidly growing field of biotechnology.
Student teachers will be encouraged to explore the many opportunities available to them in the world of science as well as teaching and education, including the Biotechnology, AS degree offered at GCC.
The Bio-Tech Science Fair is funded in part by the College’s Tech Prep program. Other upcoming Tech Prep events at GCC include Tech Wars on March 15 and Law Day on May 2.
