Our Goal:

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• Promote STEAM education in secondary schools through investigations of soybean cultivation.

 

Our Objectives:

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• Students learn and apply (i) biology concepts in relation to soybean cultivation; (ii) science and engineering practices for science and engineering inquiry; (iii) skills of using DNA markers and cross-breeding soybeans;

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• Students realize and appreciate (i) the roles of various STEAM elements in smart soybean cultivation and soybean- industry; (ii) the importance of soybean as protein food and feed and its economic significance to China and the world;

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• Develop teaching and learning resources using frontier research in soybean cultivation;

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• Develop a framework for STEAM teaching and foster the competency of secondary teachers in designing and conducting STEAM education, especially for senior level biology.

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