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

布莱克山州立大学生物系和数学与科学教育卓越中心（COE）以及附近的部落学院奥格拉拉科塔学院（OLC）之间的合作，在分子生物学中采用并实施了一种方法，该方法最初是在地质学中开发的，用于实施探索当地环境的研究型课程（DUE 9551226）。过去的方法是使用全球定位系统来提供当地环境的数据。在目前的项目中，教师、职前和在职教师参加了分子生物学的讲习班，以提高他们的技能和知识，并帮助实施将分子方法应用于研究稀有和敏感的当地物种的课程。修订后的两门课程（遗传学和保护遗传学和生物多样性）由大学和OLC共享。学校通过远程教育将课程的授课部分交付给OLC。随附的实验室由参加过讲习班的OLC教员讲授。此外，两所大学的本科生都将在这些重新设计的课程中获得研究机会，并将成为提供的研讨会的一部分。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地物种的保护遗传学。职前学生是相关学生群体的重要组成部分。参与的在职教师充当职前学生的导师。

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.