WGBH gets Amgen biotech education grant

The WGBH Educational Foundation said today it has been awarded a $926,000 grant to enhance the biotechnology content on Teachers' Domain, an online educational service developed by the Boston public television station WGBH.

The grant, from the Amgen Foundation, an organization associated with California biotechnology company Amgen Inc., will support the development of an online collection of digital resources about biotechnology that is "designed to deepen teaching and learning about biotechnology in middle and high schools throughout the United States," the WGBH Educational Foundation said.

The WGBH foundation added in a press release: "As a result of this grant, teachers and students will have free access to award-winning digital media and interactive visualizations designed to illustrate a variety of core concepts in the field of biotechnology. Additionally, the grant supports the development of a series of video profiles show-casing the careers of selected biotechnology scientists."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)