Molecular Visualization in Undergraduate Biological Science Education

本科生物科学教育中的分子可视化

• 批准号: 9653427
• 负责人: Eric Martz
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-02-01 至 2001-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9653427&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Molecular; Visualization; Undergraduate; Biological; Science

Free molecular visualization software of truly excellent quality became capable of running "movie" scripts (RasMol) and web-based tutorials (Chime) during the past year. This makes it feasible for every student of the biological sciences at the high school level and beyond to produce colored, space filling, 3D images of biological macromolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, etc.) on PC's/Macs, whenever they are studying them or have an interest. Faculty can now accompany lectures with attention-getting projections from the PC screen, showing scripted tutorials of real molecular structures, and students can later review them. Rotation of the structure effectively conveys 3D relationships without the need for stereo images or special glasses. Student and faculty responses to lectures accompanied by pilot scripts have been extremely positive, with immediate demand for scripts covering a wider range of topics. The goals of this project are to (1) hold 3-day workshops in the Northeast to prepare undergraduate faculty to use molecular visualization in their classes; (2) demonstrate "movie" scripts and web tutorials at large national meetings of biological scientists/educators; (3) develop a series of new tutorials on topics designed by faculty for use in large undergraduate classes; and (4) to make the resulting resources freely available through Internet web sites. Workshop participants will be given follow-up support, encouraged to share experiences and educational methods through an email listproc. Each participant will be required to mentor two additional faculty at their home institution in the use of educational molecular visualization.

在过去的一年里，真正优秀质量的免费分子可视化软件能够运行“电影”脚本（RasMol）和基于网络的教程（Chime）。 这使得高中及以后的每个生物科学学生都可以制作生物大分子（DNA，RNA，蛋白质等）的彩色，空间填充，3D图像。在PC/Mac上，无论何时他们正在学习或有兴趣。教师们现在可以在讲课的同时从电脑屏幕上播放引人注目的投影，显示真实的分子结构的脚本教程，学生们可以在以后复习。 结构的旋转有效地传达了3D关系，而不需要立体图像或特殊眼镜。学生和教师对附有试点脚本的讲座的反应非常积极，对涵盖更广泛主题的脚本的直接需求。 该项目的目标是：（1）在东北部举办为期3天的研讨会，为本科教师在课堂上使用分子可视化做好准备;（2）在生物科学家/教育工作者的大型全国会议上演示“电影”脚本和网络教程;（3）开发一系列由教师设计的用于大型本科课堂的新教程;以及（4）通过互联网网站免费提供所产生的资源。 研讨会的参与者将得到后续支持，鼓励通过电子邮件列表分享经验和教育方法。 每个参与者将被要求指导两个额外的教师在他们的家庭机构在使用教育分子可视化。