While our Health Science Foundations course is updated frequently, we also send our licensed users annual CDs containing each year's new edition of the Instructor's Guide and the web-based course.  And as the 2008-2009 school year is upon us, these new editions are going out the door as we speak.

One of the newest and exciting features of the course is a user's forum and discussion board.  Here, licensed users can exchange ideas, network, and ask questions and receive answers.

We've also updated our free demo of Foundations to include a lesson from the Academic Foundations standard.  This standard--a review of anatomy and physiology as well as diseases and disorders associated with the 12 systems of the body--was added throughout the spring.

Additionally, we've added a new case study to our DVD.  All four segments can been watched by clicking the links below.

First, we visited Kandy Callaghan at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville, FL.  We invite you now to watch the video segments on each Health Science Education product line:

• Foundations video

• Career Pathway Units video

A few months later, we visited Richardson High School in Richardson, TX and spent a few days with Director of Health Science Becky Saba and her students.  We produced two segments from this visit:

• Career Preparation with Pathways - In the first segment, Becky and her students discuss how the Applied Technologies Career Pathways Units help the program be more diverse, how it helped the students decide on health science careers, how it helped them have more meaningful clinical experiences, and how it helped them compete and succeed in HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America).

• Program Implementation/Teaching Method - In this segment, Becky describes how her program grew from a class of 12 seniors to a full four-year program.  She also explains how she facilitates her class as "12 labs are going on at the same time."

If you would like a DVD version of these segments, please let us know.

"Best workshop I've ever been to.  Staff was very helpful and welcoming."

"I had a great time.  Enjoyed the workshop and can/will utilize the lessons learned."

"Super job on your preparation and the friendly 'can-do' attitudes and professionalism of all at Learning Labs and Applied Technologies.  Thanks!"

"I thought that using 'fun' projects alternating with class instruction was excellent.  The networking with other teachers was wonderful!  I learned a tremendous amount of information.  This is the best in-service I ever attended!"

Those were just some of the comments from this year's workshop attendees (some of whom traveled from as far away as Indiana and Washington state).

This year's Summer Workshop focused on forensic investigations.  Using technologies and activities in CPUs such as GPS, Forensics, Polymer Science and Plastics, Digital Photography, and more, the attendees were put into groups and given the task of determining who was responsible for causing a sickness at a local (fictional) apartment complex.  Soon, however, they discover that the building has burned down.  Was it an accident?  If not, who's responsible and why?

See a photo gallery and read more about the workshop.