Equipment for an Investigative Introductory Biology Laboratory

生物科学（61）当学生积极参与生物科学探究时，介绍生物学实验室的工作效果最好。我们遵循万花筒项目（PKAL）的先例，并将CLU的生物学实验室入门课程转变为强调科学主要过程的课程：假设的形成和测试，观察，解释，实验，分析和交流（口头和书面）。我们正在购买四个功能组的设备来开发一门新课程：生物实验导论（IBE）。国际教育局提供实验室练习，支持基于调查的方法。在入门级强调调查生物学更好地为我们的理科学生上师课程和研究经验做好准备，并提高他们在研究生课程，卫生专业以及研究，临床和商业环境中工作的成功前景。参加CLU科学教育家计划（与CLU教育学院合作进行）的学生正在接受我们新的IBE课程的科学方法的更好培训。该项目有助于培养更多有能力的K-12科学教育工作者的重要国家目标。该项目的设备还扩大了参加我们的科学向上训练暑期方案的年轻少数民族学生（高中少数民族学生）可以进行的实验类型。我们正在评估新的实验室，并通过印刷和电子媒体传播成功的实验。

Biological Sciences (61)Introductory Biology laboratories work best when students actively engage in genuinescientific inquiry. We are following the precedent set by Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and transforming the CLU's Introductory Biology lab course to one that emphasizes the major processes of science: the formation and testing of hypotheses, observation, interpretation, experimentation, analysis, and communication (both oral and written). We are purchasing four functional groups of equipment to develop a new course, Introduction to Biological Experimentation (IBE). IBE offers lab exercises that support an inquiry-based approach. Emphasis on investigative biology at the introductory level better prepares our science students for upper division courses and research experiences, and enhances their prospects for success in graduate programs, the health professions, and jobs in research, clinical, and business settings. Students enrolled in CLU's Science Educators program (conducted with CLU's School of Education) are receiving better training in the methods of science as a result of our new IBE course. This project is contributing to the important national goal of training more capable K-12 science educators. The equipment of this project is also expanding the types of experiments that young minority students enrolled in our science Upward Bound summer program (High School minority students) can conduct. We are evaluating the new labs and disseminating successful experiments through print and electronic media.