Pipette Your Way Into the Biotech Class

April 15, 2015

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Mrs. Miyamoto works with a scientific instrument as she explains the instructions for a lab assigned to her students. Photo by Andrew Fehlemen

Micropipetting, centrifuging, and running gel electrophoresis are skills that are rarely practiced on a high school campus. However, in Mrs. Miyamoto’s ROP Biotechnology class, students regularly engage this precise set of skills. The skills practiced in the biotechnology class prepare students for a real world job as a lab technician, where they would practice the same techniques.

This year the class is offered as a zero period, but in the 2015-2016 school year, the class will be offered during the block periods. Enrollment in the Biotech class provides credits for a life science class. Students who take the class may opt out of taking regular Biology.

“I love being in Biotech. It’s the only class where I get the hands on experience that I think I would need to be ready for a career in this field,”

— Macy Drew (12)

ROP teachers are required to be industry-experienced, credentialed teachers so the students in the class receive the most hands on experience possible. Mrs. Miyamoto is a very qualified teacher, as she has identified pathogens from human tissue, urine samples, and spinal tissue in a professional lab environment.

“Mrs. Miyamoto is a really interactive teacher, you can tell she really wants us to learn” said Samantha Porras (10).

Being a part of the Biotech class will give students the hands on experience that they need to be a professional in the Biotechnology industry.

“And we get lab coats too” adds Porras.

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