Conversvation Genetics of Rare or Sensitive Species in Laboratories for Undergraduate and Sceondary Students

黑山州立学院生物系和数学与科学教育英才中心(COE)与附近的部落学院奥格拉拉·拉科塔学院(Oglala Lakota College)合作，在分子生物学中采用并实施了一种最初在地质学中开发的方法，以实施探索当地环境的研究型课程(截止日期9551226)。过去的方法使用全球定位系统来提供关于当地环境的数据。在目前的项目中，教师、职前教师和在职教师参加了分子生物学研讨会，以提高他们的技能和知识，并帮助实施使分子方法适用于研究稀有和敏感当地物种的课程。经修订的两门课程(遗传学和保护遗传学和生物多样性)由该大学和拉丁美洲和加勒比大学共享。该大学通过远程教育将课程的授课部分提供给OLC。随同的实验室由参加过研讨会的OLC教员授课。此外，这两所大学的本科生在这些重新设计的课程中都有研究机会，并将成为所提供的讲习班的一部分。为职前学生和其他人提供的研究机会以及课程本身侧重于该地区稀有或敏感本土物种的保护遗传学。职前学生是学生群体中的一个重要组成部分。参与其中的在职教师担任职前学生的导师。

A collaboration among the Department of Biology and the Center of Excellence in Math and Science Education (COE) at Black Hills State College and a nearby tribal college, Oglala Lakota College (OLC), adapts and implements within molecular biology an approach, first developed in geology, to implement research based courses exploring the local environment (DUE 9551226). The past approach used Global Positioning Systems to provide data on the local environment. In the current project, faculty, pre-service and in-service teachers participate in workshops in molecular biology both to upgrade their skills and knowledge and to help implement courses adapting molecular approaches to the study of rare and sensitive local species. Two of the revised courses (Genetics and Conservation Genetics and Bio-diversity) are shared between the University and OLC. The University delivers the lecture portions of the courses to OLC by distance education. The accompanying laboratories are taught by OLC faculty who have participated in the workshops. In addition, undergraduate students at both institutions are offered research opportunities within these redesigned curricula and will be part of the workshops offered. The research opportunities available for preservice students and others and the courses themselves focus on conservation genetics of rare or sensitive native species in the region. Preservice students are an important component of the student population involved. Inservice teachers involved act as mentors for the preservice students.