Working as a team has become an essential skill academically and professionally. The interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology requires an effective work as a team. The ET will receive hands on activities to develop team work skills.

Inquisitive learning through Research:
Research investigation is key to allow the advancement of science at the basic and applied levels. Because of the ET will be visiting research laboratories during the week, this workshop will help and ensure the understanding of the basic in the scientific methods, literature search, experimental design, and inquiry driven hypothesis.

Educational plan preparation:
Teachers from different schools at the western region will components of each of the TE formed. In order to generate a complete educational module that be used in our educational systems, and also to ensure uniformity, the teachers will receive a workshop on plan generation by one of the supervisors of the UPR-Mayaguez teachers preparation program.

Power point presentation and educational module workshops:
Effective communication is also important at all levels. The ET will receive hands on workshops in power point and educational modules generation, so they can prepare the educational module that has been proposed as one of the final outcomes of the ET participation.

Bioinformatics workshop:
This workshop will expose the ET to available internet resources for the analysis of molecules (DNA and proteins) applied to the Human Genome Project. This discipline along with genomics and proteomics (that will be discuss as part of the workshop), have become an important tools in several disciplines including biotechnology.

Genetic engineering workshop:
Manipulation is the basic strategy used in biotechnology. The ET will be familiarized with the state of the art equipment and techniques to manipulate biological systems and processes. Some of the ET hands on experiences will include equipment manipulation, DNA isolation and electrophoresis.