Leadership Alliance in the Biological Sciences (LABS): Joining Molecular Biology and Ecology with Research in the Classroom

[9819374]这个五年计划将通过强调分子生物学和生态学的知识、内容和技术应用来促进基于标准的科学的有效教学。该项目将在分子生物学和生态学之间架起一座桥梁，这两个领域位于生物组织连续体的两端（更不用说生物学教科书和学年课程的两端）。每年，12对教师（来自阿巴拉契亚农村系统倡议确定的学区）将在迈阿密大学参加为期三周的夏季研讨会，在那里他们将学习生态学和分子生物学在保护生物学领域的应用，科学教学方法和领导技能。在接下来的学年里，教师们将在区域NSTA会议之前参加一个为期一年的网络研讨会和一个为期两天的研讨会，以此开展后续活动。教师们将让学生们参与一个顶点研究项目，该项目将检验一个假设，即栖息地的破碎会减少风媒传粉树木的基因多样性。这项研究的结果将发表在一份科学期刊上。

9819374BLAIRThis five-year proposal will promote the effective teaching of standards-based science by emphasizing knowledge, content, and the application of techniques in molecular biology and ecology. The project will build a bridge between molecular biology and ecology, two fields that lie at opposite ends of the continuum of biological organization (not to mention opposite ends of biology textbooks and school year curricula). Each year twelve pairs of teachers (from school districts identified by the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative) will participate in a three-week summer workshop at Miami University, where they will learn applications of ecology and molecular biology to the field of conservation biology, science teaching methods, and leadership skills. During the following academic year teachers will have follow-up activities through access to a web-based, yearlong workshop and a two-day workshop before regional NSTA meetings. Teachers will engage students in a capstone research project, which tests the hypothesis that habitat fragmentation reduces the genetic diversity of wind-pollinated trees. The results of the study will lead to a publication in a refereed scientific journal.