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Public outreach in high school science laboratories

In response to a campaign to promote K‐12 outreach activities launched in 2009 by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Undergraduate affiliate Networking (ASBMBUAN), we (members of the ASBMB‐UAN, Western Illinois University Chapter) have started to plan and implement science outreach activities in local high school science laboratories. Our goal is to promote the quality of science education in rural area school districts near Western Illinois University. These rural area high schools have limited budget for chemicals and instruments and the turnover rate of the science teachers is relatively high. Resulting from that, students have very little opportunity for hands‐on experiments in their science laboratory. We have brought two science outreach activities to high school science classes near Macomb, IL. Each activity was designed to fit the school's laboratory setting and can be completed in 45 minutes. Labs cover “big ideas” like physical separation and then use modern biochemical techniques like size exclusion chromatography to support student learning. Here we present the outreach activities performed at the rural area high schools science classes in Western Illinois. Supported by ASBMB‐UAN and the Western Illinois University.