Genetic Resources to Empower Alabama Teachers — GREAT — workshops update high school teachers’ genetics knowledge by highlighting recent scientific findings. Teachers will be introduced to applications based on these discoveries through two days of small group concurrent sessions and talks by HudsonAlpha educators.

GREAT VII: Puzzles in Data

Modern genomic research generates vast amounts of data. How can we help students compose analytical questions and use available data to answer those questions? In this seventh round of GREAT workshops, we dive into data puzzles, looking at new ways of introducing students to data and analytical tools. Engage with FILTERED, HudsonAlpha’s game-based introduction to using computational thinking, learn how puzzle-solving skills could help evade poison exons, and make statistical analysis more approachable for your students. Attending teachers will receive access to digital materials and three new pilot HudsonAlpha kits. 

Registrants must teach at least one section of high school biology in an Alabama Public School. Schools are reimbursed for substitute costs up to $85 per attending educator. Educators must complete the workshop in its entirety to receive take-home materials and receive PowerSchool credit.

GREAT workshops are made possible through the support of the State of Alabama.

Auburn – January 30, 2026

Birmingham – March 17, 2026

Jasper – April 9, 2026