Today’s students are tomorrow’s workforce. Let’s inspire them.

Discovery Education has connected thousands of professionals to classrooms across the country. Now with Career Connect you can seamlessly connect your classroom with vetted professionals when you want, as often as you want, for free, to spark classroom engagement and inspire students to consider new possibilities.

Inspire Your Students With Real-Time Discussions

Futurelab+ volunteers are available and eager to connect virtually with your classroom through Career Connect.  Have students explore duties and goals of various careers in biotechnology to create thoughtful questions to ask industry professionals. Invite an industry professional to virtually share equipment, data, or other tools they use to prompt student discussion about their use and impact in the field of biotechnology. 

The biotech industry has a wealth of career pathways to consider. Connect your students with employee volunteers currently working in the field today to share career insights, the latest innovations, inspiration and more!

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Career Connect Spotlight with Futurelab+ featuring:

Richard Bonneau, Vice President of Machine Learning for Drug Discovery, Genentech Computational Sciences

Feb 27th 1pm ET

Grades 9-12

Are your students curious about how AI is driving innovation and shaping the future? Do they wonder how this technology will impact their future careers and the workforce of tomorrow? Join us and Richard Bonneau, Vice President of Machine Learning for Drug Discovery, Genentech Computational Sciences to dive into the world of AI and biotechnology and learn how machine learning accelerates the discovery of new medicines that could treat diseases like cancer.

Hear more about his area of expertise in, AI and the Future of Medicine, from the Genentech podcast series Two Scientists Walk Into A Bar

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Career Connect Resources

Bringing real-world stories and career shares into the classroom through guest speakers is a powerful way to bring concepts to life. Use these resources to help you prepare for an upcoming connect with a biotech professional or as a stand-alone exploration around the breadth of possibilities in the biotech industry.

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Ask the Expert

This classroom activity helps your students prepare to meet a guest speaker from today’s workforce in bioengineering, molecular biologists, medicine manufacturing, and more.
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Round Robin Tournament

In this biotech round-robin tournament activity, the teacher will lead students in learning about various facets of biotech industries.
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Project Starters

Find thirteen in-class ideas for students. Ideas include microbial bioremediation, antibiotic sensitivity testing, biomedical engineering design challenge, and many more!