DNA Amplification Throughout The Biology Curriculum

该项目包括一系列实验室研究，强调分子生物学和计算机技术对不同生物领域的影响。普通生物学、生态学、细胞生物学、遗传学、微生物学和分子生物学课程中引入的实验都是调查性的、特定学科的，并且随着课程水平的提高而增加难度和独立的学生作业。其中一些调查是基于之前独立的学生研究项目。学生积极参与科学过程，他们设计和进行DNA扩增实验来检验假设，使用电子媒体收集数据，并在新兴的生物信息学领域产生的互联网资源的背景下分析他们的结果。学生实验报告是用一种新颖的电子会议系统创建的。项目主页包括使用的实验程序和学生实验报告示例，作为与教育社区沟通项目结果的工具。现代生物学公司已作出承诺，将该项目产生的特定学科的DNA扩增研究作为实验试剂盒进行销售。这些工具包将为全国的高中和大学教室提供所需的材料和程序，让学生亲身体验正在重塑生物学的技术。准备成为教师的学生也参与了课程和特别研讨会，以研究将这些技术纳入他们未来的课堂。

The project includes a set of laboratory investigations which emphasize the impact of molecular biology and computer technology on diverse biological fields. The experiments introduced into General Biology, Ecology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology courses are investigative, discipline-specific, and build in their levels of difficulty and independent student work as the course level increases. Several of the investigations are based on prior independent student research projects. Students are actively engaged in the process of science as they design and conduct DNA amplification experiments to test hypotheses, use electronic media for data collection, and analyze their results in the context of internet resources arising from the emerging field of bioinformatics. Student laboratory reports are created using a novel electronic conferencing system. A project home page includes the laboratory procedures used and examples of student laboratory reports, serving as a vehicle for communicating project results to the educational community. A commitment has been made by Modern Biology, Incorporated, to market the discipline specific DNA amplification investigations resulting from the project as experimental kits. The kits will provide high school and college classrooms nation-wide with the materials and procedures needed to give students first-hand experience with technology that is reshaping biology. Students preparing to be teachers are also involved in the courses and special workshops to investigate incorporation of these techniques into their future classrooms.