ABE empowers teachers to bring biotechnology to their classrooms.
Curriculum & Resources
ABE offers lab-based, classroom-based (non-lab), and web-based investigations in biotechnology, and provides professional learning opportunities and resources to support teachers and students in the use of ABE materials.
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ABE Is Effective
Studies have shown that students exposed to ABE have increased interest and confidence in science and biotechnology.
Students made a significant and substantial gain in biotech learning.
Teachers reported greater interest, knowledge, and skills from their ABE training.
59% of participating public ABE schools in U.S. serving low SES students.
ABE’s Global Reach
ABE currently has 27 program sites across 16 countries. Globally, the program has impacted 1,000,000+ students to date.
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Featured Content
ABE's Expansion to the Global South
Three countries, with vastly different education, science, and biotechnology infrastructures, are now bonded in a common goal—bringing hands-on biotech labs to underserved students. Comparing notes at a recent visit to a science education conference in Washington, DC, USA, leaders of the newest ABE sites, in Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, found much common ground, even amid notable differences in their regions.. > READ MORE
Dog Drool Extension Lab
In this extension lab, students use gel electrophoresis and a series of prepared dyes to determine which dog ate their homework! > READ MORE